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Serious C road crash in Doncaster DN7 on 9 August 1987 at 23:55 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Doncaster at 23:55 on Sunday 9 August 1987. The 66-year-old female driver and a 65-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Aug 1987
Sunday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56585, longitude -1.01975, in the DN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunscroft and Hatfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198714A201555
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, 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 198714A201555 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1987.