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A650 crash in Wakefield on 22 June 1985 at 20:35 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A650 in Wakefield at 20:35 on Saturday 22 June 1985. A 66-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jun 1985
Saturday, 20:35
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70427, longitude -1.52068, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198513DA20485
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
650
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 198513DA20485 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 1985.