Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S60 on 16 April 2011 at 01:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 01:30 on Saturday 16 April 2011. The 24-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Apr 2011
- Saturday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42881, longitude -1.35747, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boston Castle, Rotherham, S60 1PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201114C043111
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 June 2018.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 1 June 2018
9 m awayRef 2018140299786
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 2 December 2000
10 m awayRef 200014FF00985
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 26 June 1992
10 m awayRef 199214C101013
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 28 November 2004
10 m awayRef 200414CC01915
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 3 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200314FF00379
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 30 October 2025
12 m awayRef 2025141662092
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201114C043111 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 2011.