Teenager taken to hospital after rush hour crash on busy roundabout near Sheffield
Car ended up on its side after collision this morning
Emergency services were sent to the Bowshaw roundabout, right on the border between Sheffield and Chesterfield, near Batemoor, just before 8am, during rush hour.
Now Derbyshire Constabulary has released details on the incident, which led to traffic jams near the Dronfield bypass, just before 8am.
The force said in a statement: “We were called to reports of a two-car collision at the Bowshaw roundabout of the A61 at 7.55am today (August 14).
“The incident saw a blue Honda Jazz and a white Audi A1 collide – leaving the Audi on its side.
“The driver of the Audi, a woman in her late teens, was taken to hospital for treatment to what was described as a minor head wound.”
They added that the driver of the Jazz, a man in his 40s, had stopped at the scene.
No arrests were made and enquiries into the circumstances of the collision are ongoing.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters released the female trapped in her vehicle and made all vehicles safe.
Government data has previously shown the Bowshaw roundabout to have the ninth highest number of collisions involving injuries in the Sheffield area during the five-year period from 2019 to 2023.
The Bowshaw roundabout is on the A61, which joins Sheffield Road, Jordanthorpe Parkway, Chesterfield Road South, and the Unstone-Dronfield Bypass.
It carries traffic between Sheffield and Chesterfield, with many in the city using it on the way to the M1.