Serious A6135 crash in Sheffield on 28 April 2018 at 03:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Ford Focus and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A6135 in Sheffield at 03:40 on Saturday 28 April 2018. The 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Apr 2018
- Saturday, 03:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37499, longitude -1.44819, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor Castle, Sheffield, S2 2RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018140291547
- Council area
- Sheffield
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6135
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2010.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B6070 in Sheffield, 11 March 2010
13 m awayRef 201014K069210
Serious
Dennis crash on the A61 in Sheffield, 17 January 2002
14 m awayRef 200214II00026
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A616 in Sheffield, 26 January 1990
14 m awayRef 199014D100144
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A616 in Sheffield, 17 February 1997
28 m awayRef 199714II00113
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6135 in Sheffield, 10 March 1992
28 m awayRef 199214D100161
Serious
Seat Altea crash on the B6070 in Sheffield, 27 June 2021
30 m awayRef 2021141059952
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Serious injury band
- Less 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 2018140291547 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2018.