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A631 crash in Rotherham on 17 December 1998 at 09:10 involving a Leyland DAF 400 van

A Leyland DAF 400 van, another vehicle and a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 09:10 on Thursday 17 December 1998. The 27-year-old female driver of the other vehicle and a 53-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1998
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
3
Leyland DAF 400 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42352, longitude -1.26381, in the S66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wickersley and Bramley.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199814GG00967
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
631
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF 400

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF FA 45

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other 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 199814GG00967 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 1998.