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A628 crash in Barnsley on 23 February 1996 at 22:48 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A628 in Barnsley at 22:48 on Friday 23 February 1996. A 24-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 309 and the 21-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 1996
Friday, 22:48
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 309 and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55097, longitude -1.50822, in the S70 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
199614DD00155
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6133

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

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 199614DD00155 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.