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A628 crash in Wakefield on 9 March 1997 at 16:45 involving a Honda CBR600F motorcycle

A Honda CBR600F motorcycle crashed on the A628 in Wakefield at 16:45 on Sunday 9 March 1997. The 33-year-old male rider and a 30-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 1997
Sunday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Honda CBR600F
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61941, longitude -1.34657, in the WF9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemsworth.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199713DC08997
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR600F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR600F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR600F)

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 199713DC08997 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.