A652 crash in Kirklees on 29 September 1999 at 03:45 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra crashed on the A652 in Kirklees at 03:45 on Wednesday 29 September 1999. The 37-year-old male driver and a 35-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 1999
- Wednesday, 03:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7121, longitude -1.62694, in the WF17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Batley.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199913EC51499
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 652
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2002.
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A652 in Kirklees, 19 May 2002
At the same spotRef 2002130519202
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A652 in Kirklees, 20 October 2021
4 m awayRef 2021131101053
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A652 in Kirklees, 19 September 2023
4 m awayRef 2023131354456
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A652 in Kirklees, 17 November 2003
10 m awayRef 2003131238003
Slight
Car crash on the A652 in Kirklees, 2 November 1979
10 m awayRef 197913P136579
Slight
Car crash on the A652 in Kirklees, 20 July 1984
10 m awayRef 198413P038184
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- 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 199913EC51499 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 1999.