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A629 crash in Rotherham on 8 September 2001 at 02:06 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the A629 in Rotherham at 02:06 on Saturday 8 September 2001. The 41-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2001
Saturday, 02:06
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Peugeot 309
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43716, longitude -1.38956, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114FF00696
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

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 200114FF00696 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.