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Serious A629 crash in Kirklees on 11 August 1987 at 18:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A629 in Kirklees at 18:55 on Tuesday 11 August 1987. The 20-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Aug 1987
Tuesday, 18:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64298, longitude -1.7646, in the HD5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198713EA32987
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198713EA32987 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1987.