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Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF13 on 29 January 1990 at 15:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 15:30 on Monday 29 January 1990. A 17-year-old male passenger, an 18-year-old male passenger and the 18-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 1990
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68276, longitude -1.67127, in the WF13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013EC01990
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199013EC01990 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.