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A61 crash in Wakefield on 30 June 1999 at 15:44 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A61 in Wakefield at 15:44 on Wednesday 30 June 1999. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jun 1999
Wednesday, 15:44
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68556, longitude -1.4959, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199913DA28699
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 12 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    5,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199913DA28699 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 1999.