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Serious A641 crash in Bradford on 26 December 1999 at 19:22 involving a Rover 200 Series

A lorry and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A641 in Bradford at 19:22 on Sunday 26 December 1999. The 26-year-old male driver of the lorry was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 1999
Sunday, 19:22
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77815, longitude -1.76096, in the BD5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199913GC60299
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
641
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    3,908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199913GC60299 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1999.