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Fatal unclassified road crash in Rotherham S60 on 24 February 2004 at 12:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 12:15 on Tuesday 24 February 2004. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Feb 2004
Tuesday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38537, longitude -1.35271, in the S60 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200414CC00289
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 200414CC00289 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 2004.