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A645 crash in Wakefield on 22 October 1990 at 19:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A645 in Wakefield at 19:30 on Monday 22 October 1990. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1990
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70479, longitude -1.26769, in the WF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knottingley.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DB22190
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
645
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199013DB22190 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.