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Serious B6059 crash in Rotherham on 23 September 2004 at 23:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6059 in Rotherham at 23:25 on Thursday 23 September 2004. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 2004
Thursday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34111, longitude -1.25485, in the S26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wales, Rotherham, S26 6SB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200414CC01484
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6059
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 200414CC01484 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.