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M62 crash in Kirklees on 28 November 1988 at 05:41 involving a lorry

A lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the M62 in Kirklees at 05:41 on Monday 28 November 1988. The 47-year-old male driver of the lorry was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Nov 1988
Monday, 05:41
Vehicles
2
Lorry and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68132, longitude -1.7924, in the HD6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198813EA53588
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198813EA53588 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 1988.