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A645 crash in Wakefield on 12 March 1990 at 10:48 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and a Datsun Cherry were involved in a crash on the A645 in Wakefield at 10:48 on Monday 12 March 1990. The 44-year-old male driver of the Datsun Cherry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1990
Monday, 10:48
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Datsun Cherry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67457, longitude -1.35904, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Featherstone.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DC06990
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
645
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6421

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    5,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Cherry)

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 199013DC06990 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.