B6421 crash in Wakefield on 19 March 2000 at 14:25 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6421 in Wakefield at 14:25 on Sunday 19 March 2000. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle and the 40-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2000
- Sunday, 14:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65656, longitude -1.33661, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of High Ackworth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200013DC10100
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6421
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 1997.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6421 in Wakefield, 6 April 1997
10 m awayRef 199713DC12397
Serious
Chevrolet Captiva crash on the B6421 in Wakefield, 11 January 2024
18 m awayRef 2024131398306
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6421 in Wakefield, 20 February 2002
20 m awayRef 2002130224802
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6421 in Wakefield, 21 July 2009
20 m awayRef 2009130590909
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B6421 in Wakefield, 7 November 1991
20 m awayRef 199113DC29591
Slight
Car crash on the B6421 in Wakefield, 20 May 1982
30 m awayRef 198213M020682
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200013DC10100 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 2000.