B6449 crash in Barnsley on 15 June 1997 at 13:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B6449 in Barnsley at 13:05 on Sunday 15 June 1997. The 18-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old male passenger and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 1997
- Sunday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53732, longitude -1.53418, in the S75 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199714EE00430
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6449
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1998.
Slight
Reliant Rialto crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 3 December 1998
14 m awayRef 199814EE00884
Slight
Toyota Camry crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 23 August 2005
22 m awayRef 200514B116005
Slight
Car crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 16 June 1987
92 m awayRef 198714B200933
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 14 September 2004
120 m awayRef 200414BB01240
Serious
Skoda Citigo crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 30 October 2024
126 m awayRef 2024141510562
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 7 November 1980
136 m awayRef 198014B201811
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- 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 199714EE00430 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.