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C road crash in Rotherham S65 on 9 November 1985 at 19:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on a C road in Rotherham at 19:20 on Saturday 9 November 1985. A 40-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 1985
Saturday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43357, longitude -1.35439, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514C102033
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198514C102033 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1985.