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M1 crash in Rotherham on 27 December 2005 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora and a Volvo V50 were involved in a crash on the M1 in Rotherham at 17:00 on Tuesday 27 December 2005. The 64-year-old female driver of the Volvo V50 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2005
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Bora and Volvo V50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39671, longitude -1.29163, in the S66 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sitwell, Rotherham, S66 9JH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200514C213005
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, 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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V50

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V50)

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 200514C213005 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.