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Serious B6079 crash in Sheffield on 27 December 2003 at 15:30 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6079 in Sheffield at 15:30 on Saturday 27 December 2003. The 40-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 2003
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41493, longitude -1.50076, in the S6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southey, Sheffield, S5 8NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200314JJ01495
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6079
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
61

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200314JJ01495 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2003.