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B6428 crash in Barnsley on 19 July 1997 at 12:55 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus crashed on the B6428 in Barnsley at 12:55 on Saturday 19 July 1997. A 70-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jul 1997
Saturday, 12:55
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60037, longitude -1.43814, 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
199714DD00516
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6428
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199714DD00516 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.