M606 crash in Bradford on 18 November 2003 at 13:30 involving a DAF Trucks Fad 85CF lorry
A DAF Trucks Fad 85CF lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the M606 in Bradford at 13:30 on Tuesday 18 November 2003. The 41-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks Fad 85CF lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2003
- Tuesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks Fad 85CF and Iveco-Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75501, longitude -1.74183, in the BD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wyke, Bradford, BD4 6SQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003131245203
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 606
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2009.
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the M606 in Bradford, 24 January 2009
10 m awayRef 2009130055509
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the M606 in Bradford, 2 March 1992
10 m awayRef 199213MU03992
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M606 in Bradford, 24 June 2007
14 m awayRef 2007130542407
Slight
Scania crash on the M606 in Bradford, 19 October 2007
14 m awayRef 2007130909407
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the M606 in Bradford, 18 August 2002
14 m awayRef 2002130860202
Fatal
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the M606 in Bradford, 1 June 1992
28 m awayRef 199213MU12592
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks Fad 85CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,308 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks Fad 85CF)
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 2003131245203 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2003.