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B6132 crash in Barnsley on 20 January 1998 at 16:55 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Daewoo Nexia were involved in a crash on the B6132 in Barnsley at 16:55 on Tuesday 20 January 1998. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1998
Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Daewoo Nexia
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58034, longitude -1.46151, 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
199814DD00046
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6132
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Nexia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Nexia)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Nexia)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199814DD00046 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 1998.