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A62 crash in Kirklees on 4 March 2004 at 20:40 involving a Toyota Starlet

A Toyota Starlet and a Sachs XTC motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A62 in Kirklees at 20:40 on Thursday 4 March 2004. The 47-year-old female driver of the Toyota Starlet and the 19-year-old male rider of the Sachs XTC motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 2004
Thursday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Toyota Starlet and Sachs XTC
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69005, longitude -1.71376, in the WF14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mirfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liversedge & Gomersal, Kirklees, WF14 0DJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004130224904
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6119

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 November 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Sachs XTC

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Starlet)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Sachs XTC)

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 2004130224904 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 2004.