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Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S63 on 25 January 2004 at 10:30 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 10:30 on Sunday 25 January 2004. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 2004
Sunday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49183, longitude -1.3425, in the S63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wath upon Dearne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wath, Rotherham, S63 7TL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200414CC00155
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights unlit
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    548 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 200414CC00155 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 2004.