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M18 crash in Doncaster on 22 May 2001 at 15:20 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the M18 in Doncaster at 15:20 on Tuesday 22 May 2001. The 40-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 May 2001
Tuesday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and ERF
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59039, longitude -0.98789, in the DN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield, Doncaster, DN7 6EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114BB00383
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
18
Road type
Roundabout
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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
180

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 200114BB00383 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.