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Serious A61 crash in Barnsley on 28 August 2002 at 21:37 involving a Ford Mondeo motorcycle

A Ford Mondeo motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A61 in Barnsley at 21:37 on Wednesday 28 August 2002. A 49-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Aug 2002
Wednesday, 21:37
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57943, longitude -1.4807, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214DD00660
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200214DD00660 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.