Unclassified road crash in Barnsley on 26 December 2001 at 17:15 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 17:15 on Wednesday 26 December 2001. A 19-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 2001; Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles: 1; Renault 21
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200114DD00920
Council area: Barnsley
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Renault 21
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
55 years
Engine capacity
1,995 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
13 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault 21)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200114DD00920 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 2001.