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Serious unclassified road crash in Kirklees HD5 on 18 July 2009 at 20:10 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 20:10 on Saturday 18 July 2009. The 22-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jul 2009
Saturday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Gilera Runner 125
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63827, longitude -1.75101, in the HD5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almondbury, Kirklees, HD5 8NF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009130619209
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner 125)

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 2009130619209 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 2009.