A6195 crash in Barnsley on 2 December 2008 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW M5 were involved in a crash on the A6195 in Barnsley at 17:00 on Tuesday 2 December 2008. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 48-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2008
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW M5
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.5336, longitude -1.35422, in the S73 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darfield & Great Houghton, Barnsley, S73 9JG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200814B149708
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6195
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 635
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1997.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 24 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199714EE00525
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A635 in Barnsley, 28 April 1996
10 m awayRef 199614EE00352
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A635 in Barnsley, 1 December 1999
14 m awayRef 199914EE00857
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A635 in Barnsley, 6 February 1996
14 m awayRef 199614EE00119
Serious
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the A635 in Barnsley, 22 February 1997
14 m awayRef 199714EE00152
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A635 in Barnsley, 17 December 1997
20 m awayRef 199714EE00891
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: BMW M5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,941 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200814B149708 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.