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Serious M1 crash in Rotherham on 21 September 2000 at 12:20 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender crashed on the M1 in Rotherham at 12:20 on Thursday 21 September 2000. There were eleven casualties: ten people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 2000
Thursday, 12:20
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Defender
Casualties
11
10 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39734, longitude -1.35629, in the S60 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200014FF00758
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (11)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    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 200014FF00758 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 2000.