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B6129 crash in Wakefield on 26 May 1998 at 09:05 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940 and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the B6129 in Wakefield at 09:05 on Tuesday 26 May 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the Volvo 940 and the 51-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1998
Tuesday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Volvo 940 and Renault 19
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68567, longitude -1.5698, in the WF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ossett.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813DA24098
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6129
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 21 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,764 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 940)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

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 199813DA24098 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.