M18 crash in Doncaster on 26 January 2001 at 18:40 involving a Ford Mondeo
Five vehicles, including a Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the M18 in Doncaster at 18:40 on Friday 26 January 2001. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier 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
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2001
- Friday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 5
- Ford Mondeo and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62717, longitude -0.96887, in the DN8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200114BB00112
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 18
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2002.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M18 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 19 December 2002
28 m awayRef 200216C115302
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 22 April 2011
32 m awayRef 201114A084111
Slight
Scania crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 22 November 1999
110 m awayRef 199914BB01006
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 22 December 2012
136 m awayRef 201214A185312
Slight
Peugeot 605 crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 23 June 1999
187 m awayRef 199914BB00540
Slight
Volvo C 30 crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 31 October 2016
195 m awayRef 2016140124886
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,544 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 5: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 200114BB00112 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 2001.