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A61 crash in Barnsley on 28 January 1998 at 14:50 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190, an Austin Metro and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 14:50 on Wednesday 28 January 1998. The 61-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 190, a 62-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 190 and the 19-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro were 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
28 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 14:50
Vehicles
3
Mercedes 190 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58288, longitude -1.48761, in the S75 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darton.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199814DD00070
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
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 serious injury crash on 9 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199814DD00070 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.