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Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF11 on 23 January 1989 at 18:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 18:45 on Monday 23 January 1989. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jan 1989
Monday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70123, longitude -1.25927, in the WF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knottingley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198913DB02289
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198913DB02289 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 1989.