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A61 crash in Barnsley on 26 May 2000 at 15:32 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 15:32 on Friday 26 May 2000. A 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 2000
Friday, 15:32
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Saab 9000
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51184, longitude -1.48198, 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
200014EE00417
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200014EE00417 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.