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M18 crash in Doncaster on 27 October 2021 at 18:12 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry crashed on the M18 in Doncaster at 18:12 on Wednesday 27 October 2021. The 53-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 2021
Wednesday, 18:12
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61993, longitude -0.97658, in the DN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorne & Moorends, Doncaster, DN8 4JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021141110941
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
18
Road type
Slip road
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
Dry

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, 17 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    16,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2021141110941 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 2021.