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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S74 on 26 June 1996 at 11:20 involving a Freight Rover minibus

A Freight Rover minibus and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 11:20 on Wednesday 26 June 1996. A 56-year-old female passenger in the Freight Rover minibus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 1996
Wednesday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Freight Rover and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4997, longitude -1.43902, in the S74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hoyland.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614EE00515
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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 1 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Freight Rover

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Freight Rover)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199614EE00515 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.