A631 crash in Rotherham on 31 August 2018 at 17:35 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a Seat Arosa were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 17:35 on Friday 31 August 2018. The 35-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4, a 58-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2018
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Seat Arosa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42273, longitude -1.24242, in the S66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hellaby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hellaby & Maltby West, Rotherham, S66 8RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018140327698
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 631
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- 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 23 November 2016.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 23 November 2016
5 m awayRef 2016140132868
Slight
Car crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 28 June 2016
20 m awayRef 2016140083419
Slight
Car crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 17 November 1988
23 m awayRef 198814C302063
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 21 October 2025
25 m awayRef 2025141661756
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 15 November 2024
25 m awayRef 2024141517043
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A631 in Rotherham, 28 November 2025
33 m awayRef 2025141696087
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Arosa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018140327698 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 2018.