Serious A635 crash in Doncaster on 25 December 1995 at 09:35 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A635 in Doncaster at 09:35 on Monday 25 December 1995. A 23-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 25 Dec 1995; Monday, 09:35
Vehicles: 1; Volkswagen Golf
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199514CC02589
Council area: Doncaster
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 635
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph
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: Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards: Involvement with previous collision

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Lamp post
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
24 years
Engine capacity
1,595 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
6 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 199514CC02589 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1995.