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Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S65 on 31 May 2005 at 11:15 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 11:15 on Tuesday 31 May 2005. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, a 40-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 2005
Tuesday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43077, longitude -1.35413, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boston Castle, Rotherham, S60 1PA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200514C087705
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200514C087705 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.