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Serious A645 crash in Wakefield on 19 August 2006 at 21:00 involving an MG ZR

An MG ZR crashed on the A645 in Wakefield at 21:00 on Saturday 19 August 2006. The 25-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 2006
Saturday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
MG ZR
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67546, longitude -1.39202, in the WF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Streethouse.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006130739706
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
645
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG ZR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)

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 2006130739706 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 2006.