Unclassified road crash in Barnsley on 20 December 1995 at 10:30 involving a Renault bus

A Renault bus crashed on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 10:30 on Wednesday 20 December 1995. A 68-year-old male passenger was 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: 20 Dec 1995; Wednesday, 10:30
Vehicles: 1; Renault
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199514DD02643
Council area: Barnsley
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Renault
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years
Engine capacity
3,990 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
5 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault)
Bus or coach passenger
Alighting

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 199514DD02643 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 1995.