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Serious A57 crash in Rotherham on 15 December 2014 at 10:40 involving a DAF Trucks Fas 75CF lorry

A DAF Trucks Fas 75CF lorry and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the A57 in Rotherham at 10:40 on Monday 15 December 2014. The 60-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks Fas 75CF lorry was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2014
Monday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks Fas 75CF and Seat Leon
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34914, longitude -1.22148, in the S25 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Anston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Anston & Woodsetts, Rotherham, S25 4DL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201414C133014
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6060

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
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks Fas 75CF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    9,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks Fas 75CF)

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 201414C133014 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 2014.