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A647 crash in Bradford on 17 February 1997 at 16:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi were involved in a crash on the A647 in Bradford at 16:50 on Monday 17 February 1997. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 1997
Monday, 16:50
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80078, longitude -1.70739, in the BD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199713GC09697
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
647
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
647

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 30 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, taxi occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199713GC09697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1997.