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A621 crash in Sheffield on 7 August 1990 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A621 in Sheffield at 19:00 on Tuesday 7 August 1990. The 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 1990
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31751, longitude -1.52502, in the S17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014E200950
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
621
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    14,620 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199014E200950 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.