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Serious A62 crash in Kirklees on 26 February 1996 at 13:23 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A62 in Kirklees at 13:23 on Monday 26 February 1996. The 82-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were seriously injured and the 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1996
Monday, 13:23
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64418, longitude -1.77881, in the HD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613EA12196
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199613EA12196 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1996.