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Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S65 on 13 April 1989 at 16:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 16:45 on Thursday 13 April 1989. A 75-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 13-year-old male cyclist and an 11-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Apr 1989
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43847, longitude -1.31548, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198914C100740
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, cyclist, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 198914C100740 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 1989.