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Serious unclassified road crash in Doncaster DN6 on 26 August 2017 at 22:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on an unclassified road in Doncaster at 22:00 on Saturday 26 August 2017. The 75-year-old male driver and a 73-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 2017
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61615, longitude -1.14846, in the DN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Askern. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norton & Askern, Doncaster, DN6 0BU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017140218524
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2017140218524 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.