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A629 crash in Rotherham on 3 January 1990 at 13:24 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on the A629 in Rotherham at 13:24 on Wednesday 3 January 1990. An 81-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1990
Wednesday, 13:24
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45083, longitude -1.42521, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thorpe Hesley.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014C100016
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199014C100016 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 1990.