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A618 crash in Rotherham on 21 December 1990 at 17:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A618 in Rotherham at 17:15 on Friday 21 December 1990. The 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1990
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42051, longitude -1.34918, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014C102346
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
618
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 199014C102346 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.