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A625 crash in Sheffield on 29 December 2012 at 23:05 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Peugeot 407 taxi were involved in a crash on the A625 in Sheffield at 23:05 on Saturday 29 December 2012. The 39-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 407 taxi and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 407 taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2012
Saturday, 23:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 407
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34259, longitude -1.52654, in the S11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dore and Totley, Sheffield, S11 9NR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201214K318612
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
625
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 407

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 407)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 407)

    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 201214K318612 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2012.