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Serious A18 crash in Doncaster on 20 January 1990 at 04:15 involving a Colt 1400

A vehicle and a Colt 1400 were involved in a crash on the A18 in Doncaster at 04:15 on Saturday 20 January 1990. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 34-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and the 24-year-old male driver of the Colt 1400 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jan 1990
Saturday, 04:15
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Colt 1400
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56699, longitude -1.0161, in the DN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunscroft and Hatfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014A200145
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
18
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Colt 1400

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,410 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Colt 1400)

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 199014A200145 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 1990.