B6066 crash in Rotherham on 23 December 2010 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B6066 in Rotherham at 17:00 on Thursday 23 December 2010. The 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2010
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39153, longitude -1.36149, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waverley and Catcliffe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rother Vale, Rotherham, S60 5SB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201014C156710
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6066
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6067
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 November 2018.
Serious
Mazda 2 crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 15 November 2018
4 m awayRef 2018140346054
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6066 in Rotherham, 15 March 1997
10 m awayRef 199714FF00225
Slight
Van crash on the B6066 in Rotherham, 7 July 1989
10 m awayRef 198914C101280
Slight
Triumph Toledo crash on the B6066 in Rotherham, 10 February 1990
10 m awayRef 199014C100309
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the B6066 in Rotherham, 25 September 1992
10 m awayRef 199214C101556
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 2 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200414CC00864
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 201014C156710 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 2010.