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Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF13 on 19 January 2002 at 18:30 involving a Fiat Marea

A car and a Fiat Marea were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 18:30 on Saturday 19 January 2002. A 22-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2002
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Marea
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69771, longitude -1.65237, in the WF13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Batley West, Kirklees, WF13 4SF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002130068602
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 24 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2002130068602 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 2002.