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Serious A656 crash in Wakefield on 24 April 1992 at 14:20 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit two pedestrians on the A656 in Wakefield at 14:20 on Friday 24 April 1992. A 37-year-old female pedestrian and an 11-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Apr 1992
Friday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72692, longitude -1.3487, in the WF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castleford.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199213DB06692
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
656
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 17 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 199213DB06692 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.