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M18 crash in Doncaster on 27 May 2004 at 11:40 involving a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle

A Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the M18 in Doncaster at 11:40 on Thursday 27 May 2004. The 44-year-old male rider of the Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2004
Thursday, 11:40
Vehicles
2
Suzuki TL 1000 and Seat Leon
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59039, longitude -0.98805, in the DN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield, Doncaster, DN7 6EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200414AA01249
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
18
Road type
Roundabout
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
180

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki TL 1000

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki TL 1000)

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 200414AA01249 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 2004.