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A631 crash in Rotherham on 2 December 2000 at 17:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 17:00 on Saturday 2 December 2000. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2000
Saturday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42007, longitude -1.30554, in the S65 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200014FF00983
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
631
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 200014FF00983 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.