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Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF14 on 26 July 1998 at 20:55 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 20:55 on Sunday 26 July 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1998
Sunday, 20:55
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67725, longitude -1.69447, in the WF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mirfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813EC36898
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 slight injury crash on 12 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199813EC36898 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.