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Serious unclassified road crash in Barnsley S70 on 29 May 2003 at 14:46 involving a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle

A Honda CBR900RR motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 14:46 on Thursday 29 May 2003. A 38-year-old male passenger on the Honda CBR900RR motorcycle was seriously injured and the 37-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR900RR motorcycle was 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
Serious
Date
29 May 2003
Thursday, 14:46
Vehicles
2
Honda CBR900RR and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54372, longitude -1.45594, in the S70 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Barnsley, S70 3QL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200314DD00411
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
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR900RR

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    918 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR900RR)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR900RR)

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 200314DD00411 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 2003.