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Serious B6068 crash in Sheffield on 29 October 1994 at 19:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B6068 in Sheffield at 19:25 on Saturday 29 October 1994. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro was seriously injured and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Rover Metro and the 30-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Oct 1994
Saturday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Rover Metro
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41929, longitude -1.4464, in the S5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199414F202087
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 11 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    14 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 199414F202087 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 1994.