Serious A638 crash in Doncaster on 20 May 2017 at 06:30 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Peugeot Partner van were involved in a crash on the A638 in Doncaster at 06:30 on Saturday 20 May 2017. The 40-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and the 61-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner van were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 May 2017
- Saturday, 06:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Peugeot Partner
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56462, longitude -1.19595, in the DN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Adwick le Street. It is one of the crashes that make up the Adwick le Street & Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 7SB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017140185388
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 638
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster, 22 January 2024
2 m awayRef 2024141401146
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 16 October 1998
5 m awayRef 199814CC00636
Slight
Leyland crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 1 September 1993
5 m awayRef 199314A301657
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 27 June 1994
5 m awayRef 199414A301160
Slight
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 27 February 1993
5 m awayRef 199314A300390
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A638 in Doncaster, 4 July 1993
5 m awayRef 199314A301270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 61, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Partner)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2017140185388 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 2017.