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Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S61 on 16 March 1987 at 16:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 16:50 on Monday 16 March 1987. A 4-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 and the 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 1987
Monday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44473, longitude -1.39171, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198714C100489
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, 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 198714C100489 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 1987.