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Serious unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF1 on 17 February 1990 at 13:25 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 13:25 on Saturday 17 February 1990. A 2-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit van, the 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Transit van and the 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Feb 1990
Saturday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6868, longitude -1.4915, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DA06790
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 2, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199013DA06790 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 1990.