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Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF4 on 14 December 1994 at 07:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 07:45 on Wednesday 14 December 1994. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61552, longitude -1.42932, in the WF4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199413DC50094
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199413DC50094 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.