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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S73 on 3 January 2002 at 15:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Suzuki Samurai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 15:15 on Thursday 3 January 2002. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 2002
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Suzuki Samurai
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51837, longitude -1.39895, in the S73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wombwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214EE00017
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
Crossroads
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
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Road sign or marking defective or obscured
Carriageway hazards
Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Samurai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200214EE00017 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.