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A639 crash in Wakefield on 11 February 1998 at 07:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A639 in Wakefield at 07:15 on Wednesday 11 February 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 1998
Wednesday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69459, longitude -1.32042, in the WF8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontefract.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813DC04498
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
639
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6134

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199813DC04498 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.