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Serious A640 crash in Kirklees on 30 November 1992 at 07:10 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A640 in Kirklees at 07:10 on Monday 30 November 1992. The 34-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Nov 1992
Monday, 07:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65131, longitude -1.80056, in the HD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199213EA45392
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
640
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199213EA45392 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 1992.