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A61 crash in Wakefield on 29 December 1996 at 11:15 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A61 in Wakefield at 11:15 on Sunday 29 December 1996. The 40-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Vitara was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1996
Sunday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Vitara and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67836, longitude -1.49175, in the WF1 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
199613DA59596
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
A
Second road number
638

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

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 199613DA59596 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.