A628 crash in Wakefield on 2 November 2007 at 15:45 involving an Iveco Daily lorry
An Iveco Daily lorry and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A628 in Wakefield at 15:45 on Friday 2 November 2007. The 43-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series and a 41-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2007
- Friday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco Daily and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67712, longitude -1.31615, in the WF8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontefract. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontefract South, Wakefield, WF8 4RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007130953607
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 628
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 April 1999.
Serious
Saab 900 crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 13 April 1999
At the same spotRef 199913DC11599
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 5 March 1989
At the same spotRef 198913DC07189
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 8 June 1990
At the same spotRef 199013DC15890
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 17 September 1986
At the same spotRef 198613DC23186
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 20 August 2014
7 m awayRef 20141318K1459
Slight
Car crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 2 January 1982
10 m awayRef 198213M000182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco Daily
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2007130953607 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 2007.