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A18 crash in Doncaster on 6 April 2010 at 13:40 involving a Vauxhall Meriva

A Vauxhall Meriva and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A18 in Doncaster at 13:40 on Tuesday 6 April 2010. The 74-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Meriva, a 61-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2010
Tuesday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Meriva and Peugeot 106
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55651, longitude -1.07807, in the DN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall, Doncaster, DN3 2QH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201014A056610
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
18
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
29%
Estimated chance it was slight
71%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    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 201014A056610 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 2010.