M18 crash in Doncaster on 24 August 2008 at 16:50 involving a Jaguar XJ Series
A Jaguar XJ Series and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the M18 in Doncaster at 16:50 on Sunday 24 August 2008. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Renault Scenic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 2008
- Sunday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XJ Series and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46567, longitude -1.18202, in the DN12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200814A168408
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 18
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2013.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 20 March 2013
7 m awayRef 201314A009713
Slight
Vauxhall crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 23 August 2013
18 m awayRef 201314A086113
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 5 January 2010
20 m awayRef 201014A002810
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 23 August 1998
36 m awayRef 199814BB00621
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 10 February 2002
42 m awayRef 200214BB00112
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 13 July 2010
54 m awayRef 201014A142410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,343 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- 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 200814A168408 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 2008.