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A645 crash in Wakefield on 31 August 1983 at 16:45 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A645 in Wakefield at 16:45 on Wednesday 31 August 1983. The 9-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 1983
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67554, longitude -1.37099, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Featherstone.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198313M035083
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
645
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198313M035083 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 1983.