Unclassified road crash in Bradford BD9 on 17 February 2008 at 20:12 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bradford at 20:12 on Sunday 17 February 2008. The 58-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323, the 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2008
- Sunday, 20:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80743, longitude -1.79648, in the BD9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Toller, Bradford, BD9 5JR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008130167508
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2008130167508 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2008.