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A631 crash in Rotherham on 23 January 2002 at 10:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 10:00 on Wednesday 23 January 2002. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jan 2002
Wednesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4136, longitude -1.32099, 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
200214FF00082
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
631

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 200214FF00082 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 2002.