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Serious B6131 crash in Barnsley on 16 May 1985 at 18:08 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B6131 in Barnsley at 18:08 on Thursday 16 May 1985. A 12-year-old female pedestrian and an 11-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 May 1985
Thursday, 18:08
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58244, longitude -1.48837, in the S75 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darton.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514B100771
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6131
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
Daylight
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 23 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

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

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198514B100771 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 1985.