A630 crash in Rotherham on 31 December 2023 at 22:53 involving a Dacia Jogger
A Dacia Jogger and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A630 in Rotherham at 22:53 on Sunday 31 December 2023. The 49-year-old male driver of the Dacia Jogger and the 39-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2023
- Sunday, 22:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Jogger and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43586, longitude -1.34844, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rotherham East, Rotherham, S65 1QT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023141393604
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 630
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2012.
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 23 November 2012
17 m awayRef 201214C130912
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 22 February 1996
21 m awayRef 199614FF00174
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 16 May 1996
30 m awayRef 199614FF00380
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 30 July 1999
30 m awayRef 199914FF00621
Slight
Foden crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 19 May 1998
30 m awayRef 199814FF00432
Slight
Bus crash on the A630 in Rotherham, 22 February 2017
36 m awayRef 2017140161042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Jogger
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Jogger)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- 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 2023141393604 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.