M1 crash in Barnsley on 21 June 2019 at 23:39 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2, a Nissan Note and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the M1 in Barnsley at 23:39 on Friday 21 June 2019. The 22-year-old male driver of the Citroen C2, the 29-year-old male driver of the Nissan Note and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Note were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2019
- Friday, 23:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59447, longitude -1.54172, in the S75 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019140849972
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 November 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 7 November 1981
3 m awayRef 198114B201885
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 27 July 1992
12 m awayRef 199214B101074
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 21 December 1992
17 m awayRef 199214B101965
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 23 May 2008
20 m awayRef 200814B062508
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 12 September 1992
21 m awayRef 199214B101303
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in Barnsley, 1 July 2000
25 m awayRef 200014DD00430
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C2)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019140849972 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 2019.