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A636 crash in Wakefield on 17 December 2003 at 13:30 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van and a Rover Mini were involved in a crash on the A636 in Wakefield at 13:30 on Wednesday 17 December 2003. The 31-year-old male driver of the Bedford van, a 26-year-old male passenger in the Bedford van and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Bedford van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Rover Mini
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66942, longitude -1.50533, 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 8PS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003131371403
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
636
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 2003131371403 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.