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A649 crash in Kirklees on 28 April 1990 at 14:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, an Austin Allegro and a Leyland National bus were involved in a crash on the A649 in Kirklees at 14:45 on Saturday 28 April 1990. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Austin Allegro, the 22-year-old female driver of the Austin Allegro and a 3-year-old female passenger in the Austin Allegro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1990
Saturday, 14:45
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71014, longitude -1.69196, in the WF15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liversedge.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013EB11690
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
649
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Allegro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Allegro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Allegro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Allegro)

    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 199013EB11690 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.