Unclassified road crash in Rotherham on 27 December 1995 at 14:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 14:15 on Wednesday 27 December 1995. The 9-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1995; Wednesday, 14:15
Vehicles: 2; Ford Escort and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199514GG02747
Council area: Rotherham
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
45 years
Engine capacity
1,117 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
13 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
9 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 9, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199514GG02747 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1995.