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A638 crash in Wakefield on 27 December 2002 at 19:20 involving a Fiat Panda

A bicycle and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A638 in Wakefield at 19:20 on Friday 27 December 2002. The 14-year-old male cyclist and a 12-year-old male pedestrian hit by the bicycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2002
Friday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Fiat Panda
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67794, longitude -1.52385, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield West, Wakefield, WF2 8DD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002131424602
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2002131424602 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.