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Unclassified road crash in Calderdale HX5 on 3 November 2009 at 08:40 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Calderdale at 08:40 on Tuesday 3 November 2009. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 2009
Tuesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68975, longitude -1.84051, in the HX5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elland, Calderdale, HX5 9DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009130897109
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

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 slight injury crash on 10 February 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,151 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    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 2009130897109 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 2009.