A618 crash in Rotherham on 31 December 1986 at 08:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A618 in Rotherham at 08:50 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. The 17-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 08:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198614C102429
Council area: Rotherham
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 618
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
45 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 17, 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 198614C102429 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.