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A62 crash in Kirklees on 23 September 1990 at 03:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A62 in Kirklees at 03:00 on Sunday 23 September 1990. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 40-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 40-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 1990
Sunday, 03:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Volvo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66507, longitude -1.75222, in the HD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013EA38990
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199013EA38990 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.