B6073 crash in Sheffield on 12 March 2017 at 05:40 involving an Audi A5
An Audi A5 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B6073 in Sheffield at 05:40 on Sunday 12 March 2017. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2017
- Sunday, 05:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A5 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38801, longitude -1.44988, in the S4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the City, Sheffield, S3 8JU 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
- 2017140167775
- Council area
- Sheffield
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2019.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B6073 in Sheffield, 22 February 2019
4 m awayRef 2019140818001
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield, 24 September 2017
5 m awayRef 2017140262025
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B6073 in Sheffield, 28 June 2012
6 m awayRef 201214K149212
Slight
Austin Montego crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield, 5 October 2004
6 m awayRef 200414DD01395
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the B6073 in Sheffield, 30 April 2014
45 m awayRef 201414K101314
Serious
Peugeot 3008 crash on the B6071 in Sheffield, 25 August 2018
46 m awayRef 2018140324125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2017140167775 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 2017.