A61 crash in Barnsley on 26 June 2016 at 13:00 involving a Renault Megane
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2016
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55527, longitude -1.47466, in the S71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnsley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016140081665
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2009.
Slight
Yamaha CS 50 Jog crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 5 December 2009
5 m awayRef 200914B135509
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 29 January 2003
25 m awayRef 200314DD00085
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 28 March 1981
27 m awayRef 198114B100528
Fatal
Audi A3 crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 19 September 2025
33 m awayRef 2025141644084
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 21 October 2014
34 m awayRef 201414B099114
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A61 in Barnsley, 24 November 2007
36 m awayRef 200714B160107
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016140081665 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 2016.