Serious A635 crash in Kirklees on 15 June 2001 at 17:57 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A635 in Kirklees at 17:57 on Friday 15 June 2001. A 14-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Toyota Avensis was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jun 2001
- Friday, 17:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57927, longitude -1.77658, in the HD9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Honley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holme Valley South, Kirklees, HD9 7SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001130624901
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 635
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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 28 May 2012.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A635 in Kirklees, 28 May 2012
At the same spotRef 2012130233335
Serious
Car crash on the A635 in Kirklees, 14 September 1983
14 m awayRef 198313Q056583
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A635 in Kirklees, 2 November 1990
14 m awayRef 199013ED26990
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A635 in Kirklees, 23 December 1985
20 m awayRef 198513ED29185
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A635 in Kirklees, 10 March 1981
20 m awayRef 198113Q047581
Slight
Car crash on the A635 in Kirklees, 2 November 1985
22 m awayRef 198513ED23785
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2001130624901 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 2001.