A6123 crash in Rotherham on 4 December 2011 at 12:45 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on the A6123 in Rotherham at 12:45 on Sunday 4 December 2011. The 55-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Rover 25 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2011
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Rover 25
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4403, longitude -1.32192, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalton & Thrybergh, Rotherham, S65 3BB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201114C143311
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6123
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1994.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6123 in Rotherham, 15 November 1994
At the same spotRef 199414C101833
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6123 in Rotherham, 21 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200214FF01202
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6123 in Rotherham, 2 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199914FF00217
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6123 in Rotherham, 15 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200114FF00633
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A6123 in Rotherham, 19 October 1997
At the same spotRef 199714FF00867
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A6123 in Rotherham, 2 June 2009
At the same spotRef 200914C068209
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 25)
- 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 201114C143311 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.