M1 crash in Rotherham on 30 December 1990 at 21:48 involving a car

A car crashed on the M1 in Rotherham at 21:48 on Sunday 30 December 1990. The 19-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1990; Sunday, 21:48
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199014C302388
Council area: Rotherham
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Motorway
First road number: 1
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 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: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 199014C302388 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.