Unclassified road crash in Bradford BD18 on 28 December 2008 at 00:20 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Maverick were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bradford at 00:20 on Sunday 28 December 2008. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2008
- Sunday, 00:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Maverick
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83083, longitude -1.76522, in the BD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shipley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Windhill & Wrose, Bradford, BD18 2PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bradford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008131150508
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2000.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 23 December 2000
At the same spotRef 2000131388900
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 11 January 1992
10 m awayRef 199213HC00892
Serious
Fiat Seicento crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 3 April 2006
10 m awayRef 2006130296006
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 12 February 1987
10 m awayRef 198713HC02087
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 10 August 1983
20 m awayRef 198313B036383
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 12 June 2021
21 m awayRef 2021131066306
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Maverick
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 2,663 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2008131150508 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.