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A58 crash in Kirklees on 2 January 1992 at 23:34 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry crashed on the A58 in Kirklees at 23:34 on Thursday 2 January 1992. The 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 1992
Thursday, 23:34
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73629, longitude -1.72906, in the BD19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199213EB00392
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 199213EB00392 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.