A630 crash in Doncaster on 2 April 1998 at 13:30 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on the A630 in Doncaster at 13:30 on Thursday 2 April 1998. The 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Orion and a 3-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 1998
- Thursday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Orion and Austin Morris Mini
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52118, longitude -1.13707, in the DN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199814AA00208
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 630
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1996.
Slight
Austin Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 1 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199614AA00139
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 12 November 1996
At the same spotRef 199614AA00762
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 29 January 1990
At the same spotRef 199014A100258
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 6 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025141599585
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 2 April 1994
10 m awayRef 199414A100620
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 20 February 1998
10 m awayRef 199814AA00103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Morris Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
- 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 199814AA00208 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 1998.