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Serious A628 crash in Wakefield on 21 February 1996 at 19:45 involving an Iveco-Ford

An Iveco-Ford and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A628 in Wakefield at 19:45 on Wednesday 21 February 1996. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Iveco-Ford was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford and the 33-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 1996
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Renault Clio
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65637, longitude -1.33405, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of High Ackworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613DC05896
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6421

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

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 199613DC05896 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.