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A616 crash in Sheffield on 9 December 1985 at 23:00 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A616 in Sheffield at 23:00 on Monday 9 December 1985. The 22-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 1985
Monday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35904, longitude -1.42193, in the S12 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
198514E101443
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198514E101443 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.