A61 crash in Barnsley on 17 August 1987 at 17:42 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 17:42 on Monday 17 August 1987. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 21-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 1987
- Monday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4996, longitude -1.47701, in the S70 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birdwell.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198714B201274
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2004.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 5 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200414BB01686
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 25 March 2000
10 m awayRef 200014EE00256
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 8 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200714B122007
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 31 July 2025
26 m awayRef 2025141627490
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 27 October 2016
54 m awayRef 2016140124087
Slight
Yamaha NXC 125 crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 21 January 2011
64 m awayRef 201114B008611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 198714B201274 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 1987.