B6116 crash in Kirklees on 26 December 2005 at 16:41 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B6116 in Kirklees at 16:41 on Monday 26 December 2005. A 43-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra, a 34-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2005
- Monday, 16:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A6 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61427, longitude -1.7108, in the HD8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkburton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkburton, Kirklees, HD8 0NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005131190605
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6116
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6116 in Kirklees, 19 March 2003
At the same spotRef 2003130301403
Slight
Car crash on the B6116 in Kirklees, 7 May 1987
22 m awayRef 198713ED08587
Serious
Car crash on the B6116 in Kirklees, 25 November 1987
22 m awayRef 198713ED27087
Slight
Bus crash on the B6116 in Kirklees, 1 April 1993
30 m awayRef 199313EA19293
Slight
Car crash on the B6116 in Kirklees, 6 March 1985
30 m awayRef 198513ED08885
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 15 December 2021
33 m awayRef 2021131122427
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 2005131190605 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 2005.