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A58 crash in Kirklees on 30 July 1994 at 21:30 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego crashed on the A58 in Kirklees at 21:30 on Saturday 30 July 1994. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 1994
Saturday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73638, longitude -1.72921, 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
199413EC31394
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

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 199413EC31394 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 1994.