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Serious unclassified road crash in Sheffield S5 on 31 December 2012 at 16:10 involving a Vauxhall Astravan

A Vauxhall Astravan hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 16:10 on Monday 31 December 2012. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2012
Monday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astravan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42463, longitude -1.47702, in the S5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southey, Sheffield, S5 9NJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201214K321112
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Fine, no high winds
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 serious injury crash on 5 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 201214K321112 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 2012.