A629 crash in Rotherham on 22 August 2020 at 13:16 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and two cars were involved in a crash on the A629 in Rotherham at 13:16 on Saturday 22 August 2020. The 24-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2020
- Saturday, 13:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini Cooper and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45128, longitude -1.42641, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thorpe Hesley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Keppel, Rotherham, S35 9YA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020140974726
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 629
- Road type
- Single 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2022.
Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 21 June 2022
14 m awayRef 2022141190255
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 20 April 1996
23 m awayRef 199614FF00308
Slight
Iveco crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 2 October 2013
43 m awayRef 201314C082613
Serious
Car crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 5 February 1981
46 m awayRef 198114C100205
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 6 February 1998
49 m awayRef 199814FF00119
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A629 in Rotherham, 17 February 1996
51 m awayRef 199614FF00150
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2020140974726 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 2020.