Serious B6273 crash in Barnsley on 4 March 1979 at 01:20 involving a car
A car crashed on the B6273 in Barnsley at 01:20 on Sunday 4 March 1979. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Mar 1979
- Sunday, 01:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55699, longitude -1.35524, in the S72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Houghton.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197914B200371
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6273
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B6273 in Barnsley, 29 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198814B201980
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6273 in Barnsley, 27 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025141627853
Slight
Van crash on the B6273 in Barnsley, 19 August 1979
10 m awayRef 197914B201294
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6273 in Barnsley, 15 September 1995
10 m awayRef 199514EE02479
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6273 in Barnsley, 21 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200014EE00958
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the B6273 in Barnsley, 29 November 2000
14 m awayRef 200014EE00850
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 197914B200371 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnsley road accident statistics for 1979.