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Serious B6131 crash in Barnsley on 16 August 2015 at 20:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6131 in Barnsley at 20:30 on Sunday 16 August 2015. The 42-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Aug 2015
Sunday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58637, longitude -1.5278, in the S75 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darton West, Barnsley, S75 5NQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201514B075415
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6131
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 201514B075415 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 2015.