A629 crash in Rotherham on 28 August 2017 at 20:45 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A629 in Rotherham at 20:45 on Monday 28 August 2017. The 18-year-old male driver of the Citroen C2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2017
- Monday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C2 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43383, longitude -1.37425, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rotherham West, Rotherham, S61 1LZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017140232688
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 629
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1999.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 14 November 1999
5 m awayRef 199914FF00926
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 14 March 2002
5 m awayRef 200214FF00235
Slight
Car crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 5 December 1987
12 m awayRef 198714C102154
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 9 February 2007
12 m awayRef 200714C021707
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 18 September 2011
12 m awayRef 201114C115911
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 24 December 2013
14 m awayRef 201314C126813
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C2)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017140232688 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.