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Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S62 on 30 August 2016 at 18:25 involving a Harley-Davidson XL 1200 motorcycle

A Harley-Davidson XL 1200 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 18:25 on Tuesday 30 August 2016. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Aug 2016
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Harley-Davidson XL 1200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46403, longitude -1.33537, in the S62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawmarsh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rawmarsh East, Rotherham, S62 5AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016140108345
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson XL 1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,202 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson XL 1200)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

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 2016140108345 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 2016.