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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S63 on 31 March 2001 at 17:45 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 17:45 on Saturday 31 March 2001. The 17-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2001
Saturday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Scania and Peugeot Speedfight
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52315, longitude -1.31743, in the S63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bolton upon Dearne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dearne South, Barnsley, S63 8NR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114EE00276
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 200114EE00276 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.