Unclassified road crash in Barnsley on 22 December 2003 at 17:55 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 17:55 on Monday 22 December 2003. The 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was slightly 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: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 2003; Monday, 17:55
Vehicles: 2; Vauxhall Corsa and Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200314DD00993
Council area: Barnsley
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
18 years
Engine capacity
1,686 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
6 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900
Motorcycle over 125cc
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
33 years
Engine capacity
899 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
2 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

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 200314DD00993 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.