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Serious unclassified road crash in Doncaster DN1 on 8 December 1996 at 14:35 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster at 14:35 on Sunday 8 December 1996. A 15-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 405 and a 14-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 405 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1996
Sunday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52664, longitude -1.12128, in the DN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614AA00845
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199614AA00845 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.