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A628 crash in Barnsley on 5 February 1997 at 18:15 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A628 in Barnsley at 18:15 on Wednesday 5 February 1997. The 50-year-old female driver of the Audi 80 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Scania and Audi 80
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55206, longitude -1.48829, 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
199714DD00106
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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 serious injury crash on 12 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 80)

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 199714DD00106 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 1997.