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A631 crash in Rotherham on 27 December 2001 at 18:00 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Suzuki DR Z400 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 18:00 on Thursday 27 December 2001. The 36-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DR Z400 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2001
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Suzuki DR Z400
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41209, longitude -1.32432, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sitwell, Rotherham, S60 3PB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114FF01094
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
631
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki DR Z400

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki DR Z400)

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 200114FF01094 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.