Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S66 on 31 October 2005 at 09:00 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 09:00 on Monday 31 October 2005. The 44-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 48-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2005
- Monday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42039, longitude -1.19824, in the S66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maltby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maltby East, Rotherham, S66 7LY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200514C173705
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2002.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 30 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200214GG01073
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 14 January 1989
14 m awayRef 198914C300093
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 6 June 1998
14 m awayRef 199814GG00441
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 31 May 2025
43 m awayRef 2025141597052
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 19 April 2016
44 m awayRef 2016140060514
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 21 April 1986
50 m awayRef 198614C300720
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200514C173705 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.