Serious A618 crash in Rotherham on 14 July 2017 at 14:39 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A618 in Rotherham at 14:39 on Friday 14 July 2017. The 61-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Jul 2017
- Friday, 14:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Suzuki GSX 1400
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42102, longitude -1.34976, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017140205205
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 618
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Less 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 12 July 2020.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 12 July 2020
2 m awayRef 2020140963851
Slight
Skoda Kodiaq crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 15 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025141641967
Slight
Bus crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 4 February 1980
10 m awayRef 198014C100195
Slight
Car crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 7 June 1982
17 m awayRef 198214C101005
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 18 December 2001
17 m awayRef 200114FF01033
Slight
Bus crash on the A618 in Rotherham, 6 January 1987
17 m awayRef 198714C100032
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 1400
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 1400)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017140205205 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 2017.