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Fatal B6098 crash in Barnsley on 26 July 2001 at 15:55 involving a Yamaha TDM 850 motorcycle

A Yamaha TDM 850 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B6098 in Barnsley at 15:55 on Thursday 26 July 2001. The 38-year-old female rider of the Yamaha TDM 850 motorcycle was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Jul 2001
Thursday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Yamaha TDM 850 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53369, longitude -1.30609, in the S63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Goldthorpe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dearne South, Barnsley, S63 9AH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114EE00565
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6098
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 1 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha TDM 850

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    849 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Female, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha TDM 850)

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 200114EE00565 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.