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A18 crash in Doncaster on 25 October 1996 at 17:50 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series hit two pedestrians on the A18 in Doncaster at 17:50 on Friday 25 October 1996. A 31-year-old female pedestrian and a 30-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Oct 1996
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
1
Rover 400 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52114, longitude -1.10646, in the DN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614AA00713
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
18
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199614AA00713 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 1996.