A1(M) crash in Doncaster on 13 October 2017 at 17:23 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster at 17:23 on Friday 13 October 2017. The 29-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and the 59-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2017
- Friday, 17:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54433, longitude -1.2084, in the DN5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sprotbrough, Doncaster, DN5 7AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017140230383
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 635
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1985.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster, 20 August 1985
7 m awayRef 198514A301720
Slight
Talbot Samba crash on the A1(M) in Rotherham, 28 September 1992
12 m awayRef 199214A301906
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster, 31 December 2016
20 m awayRef 2016140144740
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster, 31 July 2020
25 m awayRef 2020140969051
Slight
MAN crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster, 27 November 2025
26 m awayRef 2025141674882
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A1(M) in Doncaster, 28 May 1993
35 m awayRef 199314A301058
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2017140230383 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.