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A638 crash in Wakefield on 11 January 1998 at 17:30 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A638 in Wakefield at 17:30 on Sunday 11 January 1998. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1998
Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Corolla and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67996, longitude -1.51005, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813DA01198
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Dual 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
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 serious injury crash on 1 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,331 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199813DA01198 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 1998.