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Fatal unclassified road crash in Barnsley S74 on 23 January 2003 at 09:00 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 09:00 on Thursday 23 January 2003. The 78-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Jan 2003
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50041, longitude -1.43885, in the S74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hoyland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoyland Milton, Barnsley, S74 0HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200314EE00064
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 78, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 200314EE00064 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.