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A642 crash in Kirklees on 4 October 1991 at 05:13 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A642 in Kirklees at 05:13 on Friday 4 October 1991. A 19-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 1991
Friday, 05:13
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63488, longitude -1.71595, in the HD8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lepton.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199113ED19091
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
642
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 29 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199113ED19091 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.