Serious A638 crash in Doncaster on 29 August 2013 at 16:18 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo, a Honda Civic and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A638 in Doncaster at 16:18 on Thursday 29 August 2013. The 65-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was seriously injured and the 46-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and the 21-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Aug 2013
- Thursday, 16:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Saxo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51779, longitude -1.10202, in the DN4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wheatley Hills & Intake, Doncaster, DN2 6BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201314A088713
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 1994.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 29 May 1994
3 m awayRef 199414A100984
Slight
Bus crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 8 September 1985
3 m awayRef 198514A101901
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 30 April 2006
8 m awayRef 200614A089506
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A630 in Doncaster, 16 April 1997
8 m awayRef 199714AA00269
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 30 December 1996
11 m awayRef 199614AA00911
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 12 September 2010
12 m awayRef 201014A144010
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201314A088713 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 2013.