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A633 crash in Rotherham on 8 October 1997 at 16:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A633 in Rotherham at 16:20 on Wednesday 8 October 1997. The 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44262, longitude -1.34884, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawmarsh.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199714FF00830
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
633
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
Daylight
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 1 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199714FF00830 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 1997.