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A1(M) crash in Doncaster on 15 March 2002 at 20:25 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster at 20:25 on Friday 15 March 2002. The 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 2002
Friday, 20:25
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48001, longitude -1.1501, in the DN11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tickhill & Wadsworth, Doncaster, DN11 9DT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214BB00233
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
18

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200214BB00233 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 2002.