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B6134 crash in Wakefield on 13 May 1999 at 18:00 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6134 in Wakefield at 18:00 on Thursday 13 May 1999. The 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 and the 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
13 May 1999
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69283, longitude -1.36118, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Featherstone.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199913DC15599
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6134
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199913DC15599 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.