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Serious A629 crash in Rotherham on 25 December 2016 at 01:15 involving a Lexus IS200

A Lexus IS200 crashed on the A629 in Rotherham at 01:15 on Sunday 25 December 2016. The 24-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old female passenger were seriously injured and a 16-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 2016
Sunday, 01:15
Vehicles
1
Lexus IS200
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4344, longitude -1.37927, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rotherham West, Rotherham, S61 1LZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016140147505
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lexus IS200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)

    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 2016140147505 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 2016.