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A639 crash in Wakefield on 21 November 2010 at 01:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto crashed on the A639 in Wakefield at 01:00 on Sunday 21 November 2010. A 24-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2010
Sunday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71506, longitude -1.33463, in the WF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castleford Central & Glasshoughton, Wakefield, WF10 4FR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010130006963
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
639
Road type
Roundabout
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
A
Second road number
639

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    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 2010130006963 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.