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Serious A62 crash in Kirklees on 9 October 2001 at 16:58 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A62 in Kirklees at 16:58 on Tuesday 9 October 2001. The 77-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Oct 2001
Tuesday, 16:58
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58783, longitude -1.96039, in the HD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001131070201
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, 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 2001131070201 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.