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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S70 on 4 February 2005 at 11:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 11:30 on Friday 4 February 2005. A 4-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort, the 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Feb 2005
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53573, longitude -1.45664, in the S70 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worsbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5EZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200514B016305
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

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
Crossroads
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200514B016305 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 2005.