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Serious A61 crash in Wakefield on 25 February 1991 at 17:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Skoda 130 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Wakefield at 17:00 on Monday 25 February 1991. An 11-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Feb 1991
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Skoda 130
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68576, longitude -1.5003, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199113DA06091
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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 slight injury crash on 2 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda 130

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    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 199113DA06091 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 1991.