Unclassified road crash in Sheffield on 31 December 1997 at 20:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 20:50 on Wednesday 31 December 1997. A 24-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1997; Wednesday, 20:50
Vehicles: 1; Rover 200 Series
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199714HH01327
Council area: Sheffield
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
47 years
Engine capacity
1,994 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
0 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
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 199714HH01327 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 1997.