B6097 crash in Rotherham on 7 June 2012 at 16:40 involving a Skoda Superb taxi
A Skoda Superb taxi and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B6097 in Rotherham at 16:40 on Thursday 7 June 2012. The 34-year-old male driver of the Skoda Superb taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 2012
- Thursday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Superb and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50344, longitude -1.34488, in the S63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wath upon Dearne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wath, Rotherham, S63 7LN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201214C061312
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6097
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2011.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B6097 in Rotherham, 20 November 2011
At the same spotRef 201114C137011
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 1 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200514C021405
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A633 in Rotherham, 12 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200314GG00246
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6097 in Rotherham, 8 May 2013
6 m awayRef 201314C024913
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B6097 in Rotherham, 6 July 2016
8 m awayRef 2016140088564
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on the B6097 in Rotherham, 13 April 2017
8 m awayRef 2017140176528
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
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
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
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 201214C061312 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 2012.