Unclassified road crash in Bradford BD9 on 1 March 2009 at 17:35 involving a Mercedes C Class
Five vehicles, including a Mercedes C Class and two Toyota MR2 cars, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bradford at 17:35 on Sunday 1 March 2009. The 32-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class, the 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 43-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2009
- Sunday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 5
- Mercedes C Class and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8113, longitude -1.79844, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Bradford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009130168009
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2010.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 1 July 2010
32 m awayRef 2010130273592
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 26 November 1993
50 m awayRef 199313HB36393
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 4 April 2011
50 m awayRef 2011130155596
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 14 February 2002
50 m awayRef 2002130157702
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 8 November 2010
51 m awayRef 2010130477342
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bradford, 29 January 1997
57 m awayRef 199713HB03097
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 5: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota MR2)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- 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 2009130168009 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 2009.