M1 crash in Barnsley on 12 December 2015 at 10:52 involving a Peugeot Partner
A Peugeot Partner and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the M1 in Barnsley at 10:52 on Saturday 12 December 2015. The 61-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Aygo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2015
- Saturday, 10:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50353, longitude -1.48426, in the S70 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201514B116015
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Raining, 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 2011.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 4 December 2011
9 m awayRef 201114B117311
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 16 August 2008
14 m awayRef 200814B098608
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 18 February 1996
16 m awayRef 199614EE00153
Fatal
Minibus crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 6 October 1984
19 m awayRef 198414B201617
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 10 July 2014
20 m awayRef 201414B063114
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 5 September 1988
24 m awayRef 198814B201411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- 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 201514B116015 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.