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A635 crash in Barnsley on 20 December 1982 at 16:10 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A635 in Barnsley at 16:10 on Monday 20 December 1982. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1982
Monday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55453, longitude -1.4786, in the S70 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnsley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198214B102300
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
635
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
628

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198214B102300 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 1982.