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Serious B6138 crash in Bradford on 6 January 1979 at 15:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6138 in Bradford at 15:45 on Saturday 6 January 1979. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1979
Saturday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79375, longitude -1.78364, in the BD99 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913D002479
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6138
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, 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 197913D002479 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.