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A6101 crash in Sheffield on 20 October 2004 at 19:50 involving an Audi A3

A car, an Audi A3 and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A6101 in Sheffield at 19:50 on Wednesday 20 October 2004. A 74-year-old female passenger in the car and the 76-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 2004
Wednesday, 19:50
Vehicles
3
Audi A3 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40182, longitude -1.50332, in the S6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hillsborough, Sheffield, S6 2AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200414FF01114
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6101
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,793 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200414FF01114 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.