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Serious A628 crash in Wakefield on 24 January 1990 at 14:47 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on the A628 in Wakefield at 14:47 on Wednesday 24 January 1990. The 49-year-old male driver of the car and a 49-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured and the 38-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1990
Wednesday, 14:47
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63373, longitude -1.33562, in the WF7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DC03090
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199013DC03090 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.