Fatal A6026 crash in Calderdale on 13 February 2005 at 14:08 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6026 in Calderdale at 14:08 on Sunday 13 February 2005. The 46-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 13 Feb 2005
- Sunday, 14:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Kawasaki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69885, longitude -1.85729, in the HX3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green, Calderdale, HX3 0QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005130119205
- Council area
- Calderdale
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6026
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 April 2018.
Serious
Audi RS3 crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 1 April 2018
4 m awayRef 2018135410154
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 14 September 2025
5 m awayRef 2025131641580
Serious
Scooter crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 15 July 1983
10 m awayRef 198313A037883
Slight
Car crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 25 December 1981
10 m awayRef 198113A176581
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 11 August 1990
10 m awayRef 199013FA21190
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 16 August 1996
10 m awayRef 199613FA26796
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
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 2005130119205 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 2005.