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A61 crash in Wakefield on 13 October 1996 at 19:15 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Wakefield at 19:15 on Sunday 13 October 1996. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat and the 22-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Oct 1996
Sunday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and Peugeot 205
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65461, longitude -1.4872, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613DA44396
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6132

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 27 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 199613DA44396 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 1996.