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Serious B6090 crash in Rotherham on 7 October 2016 at 08:45 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery crashed on the B6090 in Rotherham at 08:45 on Friday 7 October 2016. The 43-year-old male driver and a 48-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 2016
Friday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46779, longitude -1.27876, in the S65 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalton & Thrybergh, Rotherham, S65 4PA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016140115194
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6090
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2016140115194 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.