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Fatal A640 crash in Kirklees on 29 January 1990 at 11:45 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A640 in Kirklees at 11:45 on Monday 29 January 1990. The 60-year-old male driver of the car was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Jan 1990
Monday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6565, longitude -1.84306, in the HD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013EA04390
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
640
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199013EA04390 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1990.