Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S63 on 16 June 2007 at 20:30 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 20:30 on Saturday 16 June 2007. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jun 2007
- Saturday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50115, longitude -1.33678, in the S63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wath upon Dearne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wath, Rotherham, S63 7LN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200714C094707
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 September 1987.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 17 September 1987
61 m awayRef 198714C201552
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 6 July 1984
71 m awayRef 198414C201239
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Rotherham, 29 March 1986
90 m awayRef 198614C200583
Serious
Vauxhall Chevette crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 3 April 1991
94 m awayRef 199114C200628
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 5 September 2013
99 m awayRef 201314C071913
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 27 October 2000
102 m awayRef 200014GG00777
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200714C094707 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 2007.