Skip to main content
CrashStats

A61 crash in Sheffield on 6 April 2016 at 15:52 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi

A Skoda Octavia taxi and a Wrightbus Streetlite were involved in a crash on the A61 in Sheffield at 15:52 on Wednesday 6 April 2016. The 24-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia taxi and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Wrightbus Streetlite were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2016
Wednesday, 15:52
Vehicles
2
Skoda Octavia and Wrightbus Streetlite
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36916, longitude -1.46463, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gleadless Valley, Sheffield, S2 3GQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016140062342
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 August 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Wrightbus Streetlite

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    4,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 2016140062342 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 2016.