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Serious A638 crash in Wakefield on 27 November 1990 at 07:35 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird hit a pedestrian on the A638 in Wakefield at 07:35 on Tuesday 27 November 1990. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Nov 1990
Tuesday, 07:35
Vehicles
1
Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67795, longitude -1.52385, 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
199013DA45990
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 4 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    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 199013DA45990 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.