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A62 crash in Kirklees on 26 October 2003 at 11:05 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A62 in Kirklees at 11:05 on Sunday 26 October 2003. A 69-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2003
Sunday, 11:05
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Toyota Avensis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65127, longitude -1.77711, in the HD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalton, Kirklees, HD1 6QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003131136903
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Dual 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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 9 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    8,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2003131136903 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 2003.