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Fatal unclassified road crash in Rotherham S61 on 28 March 2009 at 00:45 involving a Rover 75

A Rover 75 crashed on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 00:45 on Saturday 28 March 2009. The 37-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Mar 2009
Saturday, 00:45
Vehicles
1
Rover 75
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45615, longitude -1.36097, in the S61 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greasbrough, Rotherham, S61 4PU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200914C039909
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 75)

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 200914C039909 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 2009.