A647 crash in Bradford on 31 December 2004 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A647 in Bradford at 21:30 on Friday 31 December 2004. The 90-year-old male driver and a 30-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2004
- Friday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79229, longitude -1.72961, in the BD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowling & Barkerend, Bradford, BD3 9JY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004131328604
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 647
- 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
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2014.
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Audi A4 crash on the A647 in Bradford, 14 May 2014
4 m awayRef 20141315E1580
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Ford Focus crash on the A647 in Bradford, 26 April 2017
4 m awayRef 20171344Q0514
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Toyota Auris crash on the A647 in Bradford, 20 July 2024
6 m awayRef 2024131470115
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BMW 2 Series crash on the A647 in Bradford, 27 November 2020
10 m awayRef 2020137BR2046
Slight
Car crash on the A647 in Bradford, 10 August 1982
10 m awayRef 198213E030182
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A647 in Bradford, 2 March 1987
10 m awayRef 198713GB04087
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 90 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2004131328604 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 2004.