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Unclassified road crash in Calderdale HX1 on 29 December 1996 at 02:53 involving a Fiat Uno

A taxi and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Calderdale at 02:53 on Sunday 29 December 1996. The 22-year-old male driver of the taxi and the 18-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno 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 crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1996
Sunday, 02:53
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Fiat Uno
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72594, longitude -1.88948, in the HX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halifax.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613FA42896
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 12 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

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 199613FA42896 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 1996.