M1 crash in Rotherham on 10 May 2023 at 17:20 involving a Volvo XC60
A Volvo XC60, a Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M1 in Rotherham at 17:20 on Wednesday 10 May 2023. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2023
- Wednesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo XC60 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34914, longitude -1.28779, in the S26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wales, Rotherham, S26 5PY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023141306385
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 6 December 1981
1 m awayRef 198114C301995
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 12 October 1983
9 m awayRef 198314C301865
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 21 November 1982
9 m awayRef 198214C302074
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 4 December 2000
14 m awayRef 200014FF01001
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 10 May 2002
19 m awayRef 200214FF00406
Slight
Suzuki crash on the M1 in Rotherham, 26 September 1999
21 m awayRef 199914FF00772
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2023141306385 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 2023.