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A61 crash in Barnsley on 3 February 1996 at 13:21 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Rover Maestro van were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 13:21 on Saturday 3 February 1996. The 16-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1996
Saturday, 13:21
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Rover Maestro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56727, longitude -1.47225, in the S71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnsley.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614DD00092
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
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 22 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199614DD00092 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 1996.