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B6096 crash in Barnsley on 19 February 1996 at 16:20 involving an Opel Manta

An Opel Manta hit a pedestrian on the B6096 in Barnsley at 16:20 on Monday 19 February 1996. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1996
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Opel Manta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53471, longitude -1.37549, in the S73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614EE00173
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6096
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Manta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Opel Manta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199614EE00173 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.