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Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S65 on 22 May 2001 at 10:30 involving an Austin Metro

A car and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 10:30 on Tuesday 22 May 2001. The 18-year-old male driver of the car and a 17-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 May 2001
Tuesday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43077, longitude -1.35368, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boston Castle, Rotherham, S60 1PA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114FF00400
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200114FF00400 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 2001.