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Serious unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF2 on 2 February 2010 at 22:35 involving a Chevrolet Matiz

A Chevrolet Matiz crashed on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 22:35 on Tuesday 2 February 2010. The 67-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Feb 2010
Tuesday, 22:35
Vehicles
1
Chevrolet Matiz
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64071, longitude -1.47571, in the WF2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crofton, Ryhill & Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6TZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010130000736
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)

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 2010130000736 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wakefield road accident statistics for 2010.