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Fatal M1 crash in Barnsley on 6 October 1984 at 16:10 involving a minibus

A minibus hit a pedestrian on the M1 in Barnsley at 16:10 on Saturday 6 October 1984. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Oct 1984
Saturday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50341, longitude -1.48405, in the S70 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198414B201617
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 198414B201617 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 1984.