M1 crash in Rotherham on 26 March 2002 at 13:55 involving a Ford KA
A lorry and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the M1 in Rotherham at 13:55 on Tuesday 26 March 2002. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2002
- Tuesday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34743, longitude -1.28854, in the S26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wales, Rotherham, S26 5PY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200214FF00271
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- 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
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 May 2015.
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Hyundai i10 crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 16 June 2021
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Slight
Audi 90 crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 29 October 1992
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Slight
Mercedes crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 5 January 2012
20 m awayRef 201214C004512
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Car crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 1 February 1987
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Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 12 August 2000
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 200214FF00271 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.