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Fatal A628 crash in Barnsley on 24 March 1998 at 20:45 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A628 in Barnsley at 20:45 on Tuesday 24 March 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was killed and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Mar 1998
Tuesday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Volvo
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52457, longitude -1.67234, in the S36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199814EE00224
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199814EE00224 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.