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Fatal unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF5 on 12 March 1992 at 19:35 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 19:35 on Thursday 12 March 1992. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Mar 1992
Thursday, 19:35
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67986, longitude -1.57682, in the WF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ossett.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199213DA09592
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199213DA09592 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.