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A638 crash in Wakefield on 11 April 1998 at 09:45 involving an MG MGB

An MG MGB crashed on the A638 in Wakefield at 09:45 on Saturday 11 April 1998. A 27-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Apr 1998
Saturday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
MG MGB
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68519, longitude -1.55981, in the WF5 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813DA16698
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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6129

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG MGB

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG MGB)

    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 199813DA16698 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.