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Serious A61 crash in Wakefield on 5 December 1987 at 12:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A61 in Wakefield at 12:30 on Saturday 5 December 1987. A 36-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 56-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1987
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65845, longitude -1.48291, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198713DA47987
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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 serious injury crash on 26 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, 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 198713DA47987 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.