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A629 crash in Bradford on 5 January 1979 at 13:11 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A629 in Bradford at 13:11 on Friday 5 January 1979. The 50-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1979
Friday, 13:11
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84587, longitude -1.92108, in the BD21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913B001079
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197913B001079 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1979.