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Unclassified road crash in Kirklees BD19 on 11 January 2007 at 09:23 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 09:23 on Thursday 11 January 2007. The 56-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and a 51-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 2007
Thursday, 09:23
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Renault Megane
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73755, longitude -1.72845, in the BD19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cleckheaton, Kirklees, BD19 4TY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007130034407
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
58

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    12,130 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

    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 2007130034407 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 2007.