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A638 crash in Doncaster on 6 August 2012 at 11:39 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A638 in Doncaster at 11:39 on Monday 6 August 2012. All eight casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 2012
Monday, 11:39
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and bus or coach
Casualties
8
8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55184, longitude -1.17704, in the DN5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roman Ridge, Doncaster, DN5 9DH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201214A110912
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
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
73%
Estimated chance it was slight
27%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    9,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 201214A110912 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 2012.