Serious A614 crash in Doncaster on 7 November 2001 at 12:49 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a DAF Trucks FA 45 lorry were involved in a crash on the A614 in Doncaster at 12:49 on Wednesday 7 November 2001. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Nov 2001
- Wednesday, 12:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and DAF Trucks FA 45
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61451, longitude -0.97084, in the DN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thorne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorne & Moorends, Doncaster, DN8 4JF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200114BB00872
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 614
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2025.
Slight
BMW X3 crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 4 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025141637353
Slight
Audi A8 crash on the A614 in Doncaster, 10 September 2019
8 m awayRef 2019140876313
Slight
Saab crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 9 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200514A277705
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A614 in Doncaster, 26 October 2022
13 m awayRef 2022141234953
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A614 in Doncaster, 4 May 2004
22 m awayRef 200414AA00989
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 31 July 2004
41 m awayRef 200414AA01667
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,880 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks FA 45)
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 200114BB00872 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.