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A639 crash in Wakefield on 22 October 1999 at 13:20 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A639 in Wakefield at 13:20 on Friday 22 October 1999. All four casualties 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
22 Oct 1999
Friday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and Audi A4
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68573, longitude -1.31268, 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
199913DC35599
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
639
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 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

    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 199913DC35599 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.