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A629 crash in Rotherham on 8 December 2002 at 12:00 involving a MAN lorry

A ridden horse and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A629 in Rotherham at 12:00 on Sunday 8 December 2002. The 31-year-old male rider of the ridden horse was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2002
Sunday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Ridden horse and MAN
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45173, longitude -1.42775, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thorpe Hesley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Keppel, Rotherham, S35 9YA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214FF01118
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6086

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, horse rider, on vehicle 1 (Ridden horse)

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 200214FF01118 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 2002.