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Serious A629 crash in Rotherham on 3 October 1998 at 15:58 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno hit a pedestrian on the A629 in Rotherham at 15:58 on Saturday 3 October 1998. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 1998
Saturday, 15:58
Vehicles
1
Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44255, longitude -1.4059, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199814FF00850
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    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 199814FF00850 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 1998.