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Serious unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF9 on 16 February 1990 at 17:30 involving a Renault 9

A Renault 9 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 17:30 on Friday 16 February 1990. The 10-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Feb 1990
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Renault 9 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6335, longitude -1.3757, in the WF9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fitzwilliam and Kinsley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DC06690
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 9

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199013DC06690 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.