A57 crash in Rotherham on 29 November 2018 at 10:31 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A57 in Rotherham at 10:31 on Thursday 29 November 2018. The 37-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 10:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36175, longitude -1.28729, in the S26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swallownest and Aston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aston & Todwick, Rotherham, S26 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018140348474
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6067
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2020.
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A57 in Rotherham, 10 July 2020
1 m awayRef 2020140963649
Slight
Ford crash on the A57 in Rotherham, 17 July 2004
2 m awayRef 200414CC01101
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A57 in Rotherham, 19 December 2011
2 m awayRef 201114C150111
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A57 in Rotherham, 25 May 2006
2 m awayRef 200614C086606
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A57 in Rotherham, 17 January 1996
2 m awayRef 199614FF00048
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A57 in Rotherham, 29 January 1996
2 m awayRef 199614FF00067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018140348474 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.