Serious A638 crash in Doncaster on 29 March 2009 at 16:55 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A638 in Doncaster at 16:55 on Sunday 29 March 2009. There were five casualties: four people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Mar 2009
- Sunday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 5
- 4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44254, longitude -1.02288, in the DN10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200914A057709
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 638
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2008.
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 23 May 2008
20 m awayRef 200814A103908
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 29 December 1997
28 m awayRef 199714BB00971
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 9 January 2005
51 m awayRef 200514A095405
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 22 July 2014
54 m awayRef 201414A110714
Slight
Alfa Romeo Mito crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 13 January 2018
60 m awayRef 2018140263447
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 9 February 2003
73 m awayRef 200314BB00118
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200914A057709 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 2009.