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Fatal A58 crash in Kirklees on 21 February 1982 at 17:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A58 in Kirklees at 17:45 on Sunday 21 February 1982. A 4-year-old female passenger in the car was killed and the 34-year-old male driver of the car and a 32-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Feb 1982
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73608, longitude -1.71527, in the BD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleckheaton.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198213P012082
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6121

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198213P012082 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1982.