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Serious unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF10 on 11 February 1994 at 07:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A lorry and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 07:50 on Friday 11 February 1994. The 24-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Feb 1994
Friday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73021, longitude -1.34198, 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
199413DC04894
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199413DC04894 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 1994.