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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S71 on 18 March 1996 at 20:50 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 20:50 on Monday 18 March 1996. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1996
Monday, 20:50
Vehicles
2
MCW and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60037, longitude -1.43844, in the S71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royston.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614DD00223
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6428

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    60 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199614DD00223 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.