M1 crash in Sheffield on 27 December 2002 at 04:37 involving a Mercedes SLK Class

A Mercedes SLK Class crashed on the M1 in Sheffield at 04:37 on Friday 27 December 2002. The 34-year-old male driver 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: 27 Dec 2002; Friday, 04:37
Vehicles: 1; Mercedes SLK Class
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200214JJ01606
Council area: Sheffield
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Motorway
First road number: 1
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph
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: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Mercedes SLK Class
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Nearside or offside crash barrier
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
34 years
Engine capacity
2,298 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
10 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)

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 200214JJ01606 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2002.