Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S60 on 22 July 2015 at 12:20 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 12:20 on Wednesday 22 July 2015. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2015
- Wednesday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42923, longitude -1.35362, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boston Castle, Rotherham, S60 1PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201514C075415
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1986.
Slight
Bus crash on the A6021 in Rotherham, 19 February 1986
6 m awayRef 198614C100333
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on a C road in Rotherham, 10 April 2012
6 m awayRef 201214C036412
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 6 April 2004
6 m awayRef 200414CC00518
Slight
Car crash on the A6021 in Rotherham, 27 July 1982
6 m awayRef 198214C101306
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 12 November 2010
9 m awayRef 201014C136210
Slight
Car crash on the A6021 in Rotherham, 17 June 1987
9 m awayRef 198714C101007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201514C075415 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 2015.