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Serious B6273 crash in Barnsley on 24 October 2002 at 05:40 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B6273 in Barnsley at 05:40 on Thursday 24 October 2002. The 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 2002
Thursday, 05:40
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 406 and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57232, longitude -1.34986, in the S72 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214EE00795
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6273
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 200214EE00795 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.