Unclassified road crash in Doncaster on 22 December 2001 at 19:18 involving a Ford Transit

A Ford Transit hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Doncaster at 19:18 on Saturday 22 December 2001. A 53-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 2001; Saturday, 19:18
Vehicles: 1; Ford Transit
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200114BB01028
Council area: Doncaster
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: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
51 years
Engine capacity
2,933 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
10 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 200114BB01028 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 2001.