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Serious B6475 crash in Wakefield on 8 January 1997 at 20:35 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on the B6475 in Wakefield at 20:35 on Wednesday 8 January 1997. A 17-year-old female pedestrian was seriously 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
8 Jan 1997
Wednesday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67264, longitude -1.52194, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199713DA01197
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6475
Road type
Single 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
A
Second road number
642

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199713DA01197 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 1997.