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Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF7 on 5 March 1986 at 16:05 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 16:05 on Wednesday 5 March 1986. The 18-year-old male rider and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1986
Wednesday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67984, longitude -1.40332, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Streethouse.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198613DC05386
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 74 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198613DC05386 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 1986.