Serious A633 crash in Rotherham on 17 September 1990 at 08:50 involving a Rover 800 Series
A Rover 800 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A633 in Rotherham at 08:50 on Monday 17 September 1990. A 26-year-old male passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the car and the 42-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Sep 1990
- Monday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 800 Series and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47194, longitude -1.33694, in the S62 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199014C201670
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 633
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2016.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 20 July 2016
4 m awayRef 2016140089328
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 1 October 2025
37 m awayRef 2025141648653
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 29 November 2002
50 m awayRef 200214GG00954
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 6 June 2001
50 m awayRef 200114GG00451
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 3 November 1997
50 m awayRef 199714GG00878
Slight
Toyota crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 22 November 2008
50 m awayRef 200814C158908
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)
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 199014C201670 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.