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Serious B6098 crash in Rotherham on 26 April 1990 at 16:45 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Bedford lorry were involved in a crash on the B6098 in Rotherham at 16:45 on Thursday 26 April 1990. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 1990
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Bedford
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50473, longitude -1.31653, in the S63 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014C200840
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6098
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199014C200840 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.