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Serious B6096 crash in Barnsley on 26 March 2003 at 14:45 involving a Gilera Dna 125 motorcycle

A Gilera Dna 125 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B6096 in Barnsley at 14:45 on Wednesday 26 March 2003. The 31-year-old male rider of the Gilera Dna 125 motorcycle was seriously 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
26 Mar 2003
Wednesday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Gilera Dna 125 and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53668, longitude -1.37515, in the S73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darfield & Great Houghton, Barnsley, S73 9EP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200314EE00238
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6096
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Gilera Dna 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Dna 125)

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 200314EE00238 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.