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M1 crash in Wakefield on 3 August 1987 at 12:40 involving a car

A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the M1 in Wakefield at 12:40 on Monday 3 August 1987. The 52-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 1987
Monday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61676, longitude -1.5516, in the WF4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198713DA28587
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198713DA28587 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 1987.