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Fatal unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF10 on 24 December 2004 at 20:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 20:40 on Friday 24 December 2004. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed and a 29-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Dec 2004
Friday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72481, longitude -1.32568, in the WF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Airedale & Ferry Fryston, Wakefield, WF10 3ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004131301404
Council area
Wakefield
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2004131301404 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 2004.