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A61 crash in Barnsley on 11 November 1997 at 07:55 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus, a Ford Transit van and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 07:55 on Tuesday 11 November 1997. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 07:55
Vehicles
3
Scania and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50438, longitude -1.47966, in the S70 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birdwell.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199714EE00778
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 199714EE00778 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.