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Serious unclassified road crash in Doncaster DN4 on 9 February 1991 at 19:10 involving a Freight Rover Sherpa van

A Freight Rover Sherpa van and a Bedford Astra van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster at 19:10 on Saturday 9 February 1991. The 34-year-old male driver of the Freight Rover Sherpa van and the 31-year-old male driver of the Bedford Astra van were seriously injured and a 36-year-old male passenger in the Freight Rover Sherpa van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 1991
Saturday, 19:10
Vehicles
2
Freight Rover Sherpa and Bedford Astra
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50116, longitude -1.06768, in the DN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199114A100339
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford Astra

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

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 199114A100339 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1991.