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A616 crash in Sheffield on 30 October 1985 at 05:35 involving a car

A car and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A616 in Sheffield at 05:35 on Wednesday 30 October 1985. A 25-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1985
Wednesday, 05:35
Vehicles
2
Car and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37707, longitude -1.45296, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514D101290
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
616
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 19 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 198514D101290 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1985.