A631 crash in Rotherham on 3 April 2005 at 10:03 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 10:03 on Sunday 3 April 2005. The 55-year-old male driver of the car, a 16-year-old female passenger in the car and a 15-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2005
- Sunday, 10:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40883, longitude -1.37071, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brinsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brinsworth, Rotherham, S60 5DL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200514C052605
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 631
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 2 July 1998
At the same spotRef 199814FF00578
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 22 March 1997
At the same spotRef 199714FF00240
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 16 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201014C125010
Serious
Seat Arona crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 8 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025141665574
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 26 September 2015
8 m awayRef 201514C099615
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 27 June 1990
10 m awayRef 199014C101201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 200514C052605 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 2005.