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Fatal B6089 crash in Rotherham on 14 August 1987 at 23:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the B6089 in Rotherham at 23:30 on Friday 14 August 1987. A 28-year-old female passenger was killed and the 27-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Aug 1987
Friday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44251, longitude -1.36179, in the S61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198714C101341
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6089
Road type
Dual 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 28, 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 198714C101341 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.