B6376 crash in Doncaster on 26 December 2001 at 18:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the B6376 in Doncaster at 18:10 on Wednesday 26 December 2001. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 2001; Wednesday, 18:10
Vehicles: 1; Ford Sierra
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200114BB01030
Council area: Doncaster
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 6376
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Engine capacity
1,993 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
12 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's offside

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 200114BB01030 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.