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Serious A61 crash in Barnsley on 3 November 2025 at 04:45 involving an Audi A3

An Audi A3 and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Barnsley at 04:45 on Monday 3 November 2025. The 33-year-old male driver of the Citroen C3 and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C3 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 2025
Monday, 04:45
Vehicles
2
Audi A3 and Citroen C3
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53518, longitude -1.46441, in the S70 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worsbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5EZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025141662879
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2025141662879 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 2025.