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A61 crash in Barnsley on 25 March 2000 at 17:10 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a car were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 17:10 on Saturday 25 March 2000. The 29-year-old male driver of the car was 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
25 Mar 2000
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4995, longitude -1.477, 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
200014EE00256
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
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 8 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200014EE00256 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 2000.