B6422 crash in Wakefield on 20 January 2003 at 16:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B6422 in Wakefield at 16:00 on Monday 20 January 2003. The 46-year-old male driver and an 11-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2003
- Monday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59251, longitude -1.32809, in the WF9 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Kirkby. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Elmsall & South Kirkby, Wakefield, WF9 3NP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003130065103
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6422
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 1997.
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B6422 in Wakefield, 11 June 1997
10 m awayRef 199713DC23197
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6422 in Wakefield, 16 January 1998
10 m awayRef 199813DC01498
Fatal
Car crash on the B6422 in Wakefield, 2 January 1983
10 m awayRef 198313M000283
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6422 in Wakefield, 2 December 1998
14 m awayRef 199813DC48898
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6422 in Wakefield, 23 December 1997
14 m awayRef 199713DC51597
Slight
ERF crash on the B6422 in Wakefield, 16 August 2001
20 m awayRef 2001130868801
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2003130065103 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 2003.