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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S71 on 19 February 1997 at 14:35 involving an Audi 100

A van and an Audi 100 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 14:35 on Wednesday 19 February 1997. The 55-year-old female driver of the van and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Audi 100 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Van and Audi 100
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58686, longitude -1.43348, in the S71 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199714DD00143
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
Rural
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, 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 9 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,226 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 100)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199714DD00143 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.