A630 crash in Rotherham on 20 September 2018 at 15:30 involving a Peugeot 3008
A Peugeot 3008, a Renault Captur and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A630 in Rotherham at 15:30 on Thursday 20 September 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 3008, the 56-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 33-year-old male driver of the Renault Captur were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2018
- Thursday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 3008 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42542, longitude -1.36438, in the S60 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boston Castle, Rotherham, S60 1BZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018140332722
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 630
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2004.
Slight
Car crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 1 December 2004
8 m awayRef 200414CC01949
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 4 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025141681444
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 17 April 2010
17 m awayRef 201014C045010
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 29 April 2018
20 m awayRef 2018140291705
Serious
Car crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 14 June 2012
28 m awayRef 201214C064212
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 23 April 2021
28 m awayRef 2021141038595
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Captur
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 3008)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- 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 2018140332722 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.