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Serious B6449 crash in Barnsley on 29 June 1980 at 01:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6449 in Barnsley at 01:10 on Sunday 29 June 1980. The 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 28-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jun 1980
Sunday, 01:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.5361, longitude -1.5428, in the S75 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014B201012
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6449
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 198014B201012 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.