Serious A630 crash in Doncaster on 23 December 2007 at 10:33 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A630 in Doncaster at 10:33 on Sunday 23 December 2007. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 10:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 6
- 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54198, longitude -1.10661, in the DN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wheatley Hills & Intake, Doncaster, DN2 4HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200714A282307
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 630
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 February 2008.
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 19 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200814A035708
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Serious
Ford KA crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 22 December 2022
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Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 11 June 2023
11 m awayRef 2023141317376
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 15 February 1988
14 m awayRef 198814A100390
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 25 September 1996
14 m awayRef 199614AA00627
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- 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 200714A282307 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 2007.