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Serious A652 crash in Kirklees on 19 April 1991 at 12:50 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a Ford Capri were involved in a crash on the A652 in Kirklees at 12:50 on Friday 19 April 1991. The 38-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Apr 1991
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and Ford Capri
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73146, longitude -1.6671, in the WF17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Batley.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199113EB08691
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
652
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
643

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199113EB08691 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 1991.