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Serious A638 crash in Wakefield on 16 September 1996 at 15:12 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover crashed on the A638 in Wakefield at 15:12 on Monday 16 September 1996. The 53-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Sep 1996
Monday, 15:12
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Range Rover
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64284, longitude -1.35846, in the WF7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613DC33896
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Single 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    4,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)

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 199613DC33896 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.