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Serious A638 crash in Wakefield on 6 October 1998 at 06:45 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto, a Honda motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A638 in Wakefield at 06:45 on Tuesday 6 October 1998. The 53-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Oct 1998
Tuesday, 06:45
Vehicles
3
Fiat Punto and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68191, longitude -1.54955, in the WF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813DA43498
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
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
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
Fine, 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 20 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    85 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199813DA43498 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.