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Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF8 on 8 May 1982 at 22:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 22:00 on Saturday 8 May 1982. A 41-year-old female passenger in the car and the 29-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1982
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67487, longitude -1.26897, in the WF8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198213M019682
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, 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 198213M019682 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wakefield road accident statistics for 1982.