B6071 crash in Sheffield on 21 October 2020 at 13:08 involving a Mercedes GLC Class
A Mercedes GLC Class and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on the B6071 in Sheffield at 13:08 on Wednesday 21 October 2020. The 25-year-old female driver of the Mercedes GLC Class and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen UP were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2020
- Wednesday, 13:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes GLC Class and Volkswagen UP
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38453, longitude -1.45345, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the City, Sheffield, S3 8JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020140992283
- Council area
- Sheffield
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6071
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 June 2014.
Serious
Suzuki GZ 125 crash on the B6071 in Sheffield, 3 June 2014
2 m awayRef 201414K157114
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6071 in Sheffield, 1 December 2001
3 m awayRef 200114II00674
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield, 27 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025141660179
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield, 28 April 2021
5 m awayRef 2021141040388
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield, 15 June 1998
7 m awayRef 199814II00289
Slight
Car crash on the B6072 in Sheffield, 29 April 1985
7 m awayRef 198514D100504
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes GLC Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes GLC Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020140992283 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2020.