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M1 crash in Barnsley on 22 January 1998 at 09:11 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M1 in Barnsley at 09:11 on Thursday 22 January 1998. The 61-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1998
Thursday, 09:11
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49717, longitude -1.47583, in the S70 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199814EE00057
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199814EE00057 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.