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Fatal A6107 crash in Kirklees on 8 June 2002 at 06:10 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A6107 in Kirklees at 06:10 on Saturday 8 June 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was killed and the 17-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Jun 2002
Saturday, 06:10
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68055, longitude -1.76424, in the HD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashbrow, Kirklees, HD2 2GU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002130601302
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6107
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

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 2002130601302 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.