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B6117 crash in Kirklees on 1 September 1997 at 15:32 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the B6117 in Kirklees at 15:32 on Monday 1 September 1997. A 36-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1997
Monday, 15:32
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70731, longitude -1.67486, in the WF16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heckmondwike.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199713EC39297
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6117
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
638

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 January 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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

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 199713EC39297 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 1997.