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Serious A61 crash in Barnsley on 10 May 2008 at 17:07 involving a Citroen C5

A Citroen C5 hit a pedestrian on the A61 in Barnsley at 17:07 on Saturday 10 May 2008. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 May 2008
Saturday, 17:07
Vehicles
1
Citroen C5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53747, longitude -1.46477, in the S70 postcode district. 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200814B057308
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,179 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C5)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 200814B057308 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 2008.