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Serious B6120 crash in Kirklees on 5 May 1989 at 15:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6120 in Kirklees at 15:05 on Friday 5 May 1989. A 79-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 2 and the 37-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1989
Friday, 15:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72657, longitude -1.72215, in the BD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleckheaton.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198913EB13889
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6120
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 2 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, 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 198913EB13889 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 1989.