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B6273 crash in Wakefield on 23 November 2002 at 18:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the B6273 in Wakefield at 18:10 on Saturday 23 November 2002. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 2002
Saturday, 18:10
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63575, longitude -1.37868, in the WF9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fitzwilliam and Kinsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hemsworth, Wakefield, WF9 5FS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002131283602
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6273
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 2002131283602 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 2002.