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Serious B6128 crash in Wakefield on 6 January 1992 at 19:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6128 in Wakefield at 19:30 on Monday 6 January 1992. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1992
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Honda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69267, longitude -1.59138, in the WF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ossett.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199213DA00392
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6128
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
638

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199213DA00392 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 1992.