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A61 crash in Barnsley on 17 December 2002 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a car were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 18:30 on Tuesday 17 December 2002. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56852, longitude -1.47253, in the S71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Barnsley, S71 2AD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214DD01032
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 200214DD01032 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.