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Serious M1 crash in Sheffield on 20 November 2002 at 01:00 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the M1 in Sheffield at 01:00 on Wednesday 20 November 2002. The 48-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Nov 2002
Wednesday, 01:00
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40969, longitude -1.39762, in the S9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darnall, Sheffield, S9 1UJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214KK01126
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
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    3,920 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 200214KK01126 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.