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Serious unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF2 on 23 November 1990 at 09:30 involving a Volvo 360

A Volvo 360 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 09:30 on Friday 23 November 1990. A 79-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1990
Friday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 360
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64631, longitude -1.50061, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DA45890
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 slight injury crash on 31 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)

    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 199013DA45890 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.