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Serious A644 crash in Calderdale on 6 April 1991 at 19:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Peugeot 309 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A644 in Calderdale at 19:50 on Saturday 6 April 1991. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 55-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 309 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Apr 1991
Saturday, 19:50
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6948, longitude -1.74614, in the HD6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199113EC07191
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
644
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)

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 199113EC07191 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 1991.