B6128 crash in Wakefield on 26 July 1995 at 21:54 involving a Toyota Starlet
A Toyota Starlet and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B6128 in Wakefield at 21:54 on Wednesday 26 July 1995. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 1995
- Wednesday, 21:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Starlet and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66698, longitude -1.57074, in the WF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ossett.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199513DA39795
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6128
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 18 December 2007
At the same spotRef 2007131119407
Slight
Car crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 9 January 2025
4 m awayRef 2025131539525
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 3 July 2014
4 m awayRef 2014131730262
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 19 February 2004
10 m awayRef 2004130193304
Slight
Car crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 2 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198713DA47287
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 25 March 1996
14 m awayRef 199613DA13796
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Starlet
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Starlet)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Starlet)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 199513DA39795 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 1995.