B6428 crash in Barnsley on 1 December 1980 at 16:50 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6428 in Barnsley at 16:50 on Monday 1 December 1980. A 74-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 1980
- Monday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59889, longitude -1.46778, in the S71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royston.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198014B101983
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6428
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 2017.
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B6428 in Barnsley, 13 June 2017
8 m awayRef 2017140193122
Serious
Jaguar X Type crash on the B6428 in Barnsley, 3 February 2018
11 m awayRef 2018140270049
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6428 in Barnsley, 3 February 2004
14 m awayRef 200414BB00176
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley, 30 September 2005
28 m awayRef 200514B134805
Serious
Car crash on the B6428 in Barnsley, 16 September 1988
41 m awayRef 198814B101487
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B6428 in Barnsley, 27 July 2025
67 m awayRef 2025141643179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
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 198014B101983 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 1980.