Serious A6195 crash in Barnsley on 11 February 2020 at 17:37 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Toyota Auris and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A6195 in Barnsley at 17:37 on Tuesday 11 February 2020. A 44-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Auris was seriously injured and the 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and the 39-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Feb 2020
- Tuesday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52244, longitude -1.36237, in the S73 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020140929221
- Council area
- Barnsley
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6195
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a fatal crash on 23 February 2021.
Fatal
BMW X5 crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 23 February 2021
23 m awayRef 2021141023470
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 5 November 2025
108 m awayRef 2025141666047
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 17 October 2023
134 m awayRef 2023141364659
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 28 May 1995
248 m awayRef 199514EE02178
Serious
Mini One crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 26 October 2021
259 m awayRef 2021141102765
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A6195 in Barnsley, 1 August 2014
284 m awayRef 201414B071914
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2020140929221 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 2020.