Unclassified road crash in Doncaster on 22 December 2001 at 13:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster at 13:10 on Saturday 22 December 2001. The 66-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was 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: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 2001; Saturday, 13:10
Vehicles: 2; Ford Escort and Ford Sierra
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200114BB01012
Council area: Doncaster
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
66 years
Engine capacity
1,800 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
Manoeuvre
U-turn
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Engine capacity
1,998 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
10 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 66, 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 200114BB01012 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.