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Serious B6422 crash in Wakefield on 18 August 2010 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Combo

A Vauxhall Combo hit two pedestrians on the B6422 in Wakefield at 14:30 on Wednesday 18 August 2010. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 30-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 2010
Wednesday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59421, longitude -1.29543, in the WF9 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Elmsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Elmsall & South Kirkby, Wakefield, WF9 2RD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010130006777
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6422
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South 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
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2010130006777 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.