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A653 crash in Kirklees on 25 November 2006 at 12:15 involving a Chrysler Crossfire

A Chrysler Crossfire and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A653 in Kirklees at 12:15 on Saturday 25 November 2006. The 41-year-old male driver of the Chrysler Crossfire and the 33-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 2006
Saturday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Chrysler Crossfire and Audi A4
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70439, longitude -1.60247, in the WF12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF12 7HS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006131089306
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Chrysler Crossfire

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    3,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chrysler Crossfire)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

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 2006131089306 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 2006.