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Serious B6533 crash in Rotherham on 30 January 1990 at 08:25 involving a Bedford lorry

A Bedford lorry and a Dodge lorry were involved in a crash on the B6533 in Rotherham at 08:25 on Tuesday 30 January 1990. A 57-year-old male passenger in the Bedford lorry was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jan 1990
Tuesday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Dodge
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38936, longitude -1.37506, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waverley and Catcliffe.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014C100214
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6533
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    5,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Dodge

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199014C100214 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.