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A61 crash in Barnsley on 28 April 2002 at 17:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 17:10 on Sunday 28 April 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 29-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and a 4-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were 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
28 Apr 2002
Sunday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58088, longitude -1.48295, in the S71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Athersley & New Lodge, Barnsley, S71 3LY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214DD00347
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
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 11 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200214DD00347 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 2002.