M1 crash in Wakefield on 12 October 2005 at 11:00 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a van were involved in a crash on the M1 in Wakefield at 11:00 on Wednesday 12 October 2005. The 31-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2005
- Wednesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66388, longitude -1.53672, in the WF4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005130951005
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1995.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M1 in Wakefield, 13 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199513MU39195
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the M1 in Wakefield, 25 April 1991
At the same spotRef 199113MU09891
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M1 in Wakefield, 4 September 2000
22 m awayRef 2000130861800
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the M1 in Wakefield, 8 November 2022
28 m awayRef 2022131239962
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Car crash on the M1 in Wakefield, 28 October 1986
28 m awayRef 198613DA40986
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M1 in Wakefield, 6 December 2014
71 m awayRef 2014131C60588
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2005130951005 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 2005.