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A616 crash in Kirklees on 17 February 1998 at 10:30 involving a Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry, a Vauxhall Nova and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A616 in Kirklees at 10:30 on Tuesday 17 February 1998. The 70-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova and the 51-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 1998
Tuesday, 10:30
Vehicles
3
Leyland DAF FA 50 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58969, longitude -1.76882, in the HD9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813EA11098
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
616
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 50

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199813EA11098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1998.