B6059 crash in Rotherham on 23 July 2008 at 19:15 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2 and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B6059 in Rotherham at 19:15 on Wednesday 23 July 2008. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and a 63-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C2 and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34102, longitude -1.2547, in the S26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wales, Rotherham, S26 6SB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200814C097408
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6059
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2004.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 3 April 2004
At the same spotRef 200414CC00501
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B6059 in Rotherham, 14 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200314GG00616
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B6059 in Rotherham, 28 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200214GG00750
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 6 July 2006
At the same spotRef 200614C100606
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6059 in Rotherham, 5 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200014GG00560
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6054 in Rotherham, 15 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200414CC02067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 200814C097408 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 2008.