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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S73 on 23 December 2009 at 19:00 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna crashed on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 19:00 on Wednesday 23 December 2009. The 38-year-old male driver, a 38-year-old female passenger and a 57-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2009
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Renault Laguna
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53623, longitude -1.35916, in the S73 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darfield & Great Houghton, Barnsley, S73 9JG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200914B146609
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

    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 200914B146609 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 2009.