A628 crash in Barnsley on 21 March 2012 at 13:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a car and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A628 in Barnsley at 13:20 on Wednesday 21 March 2012. The 46-year-old male driver of the car, the 62-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 3008 and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 3008 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2012
- Wednesday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54762, longitude -1.52637, in the S75 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dodworth, Stainborough & Tankersley, Barnsley, S75 3LG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201214B024812
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 628
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 40%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 60%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 February 2013.
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A628 in Barnsley, 12 February 2013
4 m awayRef 2013140004749
Serious
Car crash on the B6449 in Barnsley, 20 December 1982
36 m awayRef 198214B202310
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A628 in Barnsley, 26 January 2020
65 m awayRef 2020140926709
Slight
Kia Carens crash on a C road in Barnsley, 14 September 2004
80 m awayRef 200414BB01326
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A628 in Barnsley, 1 May 2012
89 m awayRef 201214B038712
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A628 in Barnsley, 14 September 2018
96 m awayRef 2018140330723
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 3008)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 3008)
- 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 201214B024812 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 2012.