B6086 crash in Sheffield on 31 December 1997 at 18:05 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova crashed on the B6086 in Sheffield at 18:05 on Wednesday 31 December 1997. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1997; Wednesday, 18:05
Vehicles: 1; Vauxhall Nova
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199714KK01182
Council area: Sheffield
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 6086
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Offside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Tree
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years
Engine capacity
1,388 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
7 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199714KK01182 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.