M18 crash in Rotherham on 22 December 2018 at 22:09 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the M18 in Rotherham at 22:09 on Saturday 22 December 2018. A 62-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 22:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43736, longitude -1.2409, in the S65 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bramley & Ravenfield, Rotherham, S65 4LT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018140808144
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 18
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 September 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the M18 in Rotherham, 19 September 1987
7 m awayRef 198714C301571
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M18 in Rotherham, 27 October 2011
15 m awayRef 201114C126011
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M18 in Rotherham, 1 December 2008
16 m awayRef 200814C162908
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M18 in Rotherham, 17 January 2011
29 m awayRef 201114C008611
Serious
Lorry crash on the M18 in Doncaster, 25 September 1979
44 m awayRef 197914A201950
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the M18 in Rotherham, 6 September 2020
69 m awayRef 2020140978475
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018140808144 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.