Skip to main content
CrashStats

A6036 crash in Bradford on 21 March 1979 at 22:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6036 in Bradford at 22:30 on Wednesday 21 March 1979. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1979
Wednesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78139, longitude -1.72118, in the BD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913E034779
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6036
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197913E034779 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.