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A649 crash in Kirklees on 16 August 2000 at 09:30 involving a Citroen Dispatch van

A car and a Citroen Dispatch van were involved in a crash on the A649 in Kirklees at 09:30 on Wednesday 16 August 2000. A 45-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 2000
Wednesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen Dispatch
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72006, longitude -1.7475, in the BD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scholes.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000130801100
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
649
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
B
Second road number
6120

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 9 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 2000130801100 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 2000.