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Serious unclassified road crash in Calderdale HX1 on 14 March 1991 at 15:20 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry, a Ford Sierra and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Calderdale at 15:20 on Thursday 14 March 1991. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Ford lorry was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver of the Ford lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Mar 1991
Thursday, 15:20
Vehicles
3
Ford and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72475, longitude -1.86614, in the HX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halifax.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199113FA05791
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 19 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford)

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 199113FA05791 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.