Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF17 on 10 November 2003 at 08:00 involving a Ford Escort van
A Ford Escort van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 08:00 on Monday 10 November 2003. The 39-year-old male cyclist was 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
- 10 Nov 2003
- Monday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73162, longitude -1.65997, in the WF17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Batley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birstall & Birkenshaw, Kirklees, WF17 9EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003131205903
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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 17 July 1995.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 17 July 1995
10 m awayRef 199513EC27795
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 24 January 2003
10 m awayRef 2003130079703
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 11 May 1992
10 m awayRef 199213EB11892
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 26 October 1995
10 m awayRef 199513EC44095
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 23 December 1980
10 m awayRef 198013P176480
Serious
Car crash on the A643 in Kirklees, 10 February 1980
14 m awayRef 198013P019880
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (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 2003131205903 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.