Unclassified road crash in Rotherham on 28 December 1986 at 01:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 01:00 on Sunday 28 December 1986. An 18-year-old male pedestrian 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: 28 Dec 1986; Sunday, 01:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198614C102414
Council area: Rotherham
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198614C102414 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 1986.