Unclassified road crash in Sheffield on 26 December 1991 at 16:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 16:30 on Thursday 26 December 1991. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1991; Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles: 1; Ford Sierra
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199114E101382
Council area: Sheffield
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
53 years
Engine capacity
2,304 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
1 year

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199114E101382 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 1991.