M18 crash in Doncaster on 2 January 2018 at 18:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the M18 in Doncaster at 18:15 on Tuesday 2 January 2018. The 43-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61602, longitude -0.982, in the DN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorne & Moorends, Doncaster, DN8 4JF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018140260508
- Council area
- Doncaster
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 18
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2012.
Slight
Smart Roadster crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 21 November 2012
19 m awayRef 201214A166712
Slight
Lorry crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 13 February 1988
60 m awayRef 198814A200369
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 26 June 2008
60 m awayRef 200814A134908
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 7 September 1992
61 m awayRef 199214A201725
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 19 November 1998
67 m awayRef 199814BB00898
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 24 April 2021
69 m awayRef 2021141038685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2018140260508 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 2018.