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A61 crash in Sheffield on 8 August 2004 at 02:20 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A61 in Sheffield at 02:20 on Sunday 8 August 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 2004
Sunday, 02:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93368, longitude -1.46585, in the DE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chaddesden West, Derby, DE21 4XA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200414DD01105
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200414DD01105 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 2004.