Serious A618 crash in Rotherham on 24 December 2003 at 22:50 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina hit a pedestrian on the A618 in Rotherham at 22:50 on Wednesday 24 December 2003. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 2003; Wednesday, 22:50
Vehicles: 1; Toyota Carina
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200314FF01200
Council area: Rotherham
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 618
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, no street lighting
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
45 years
Engine capacity
1,587 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)
Pedestrian location
In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
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 200314FF01200 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 2003.