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Serious B6069 crash in Sheffield on 28 January 1990 at 02:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and an Austin Taxi were involved in a crash on the B6069 in Sheffield at 02:30 on Sunday 28 January 1990. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jan 1990
Sunday, 02:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Austin Taxi
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38018, longitude -1.48434, in the S3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014D100147
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6069
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6134

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,520 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Taxi)

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 199014D100147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1990.