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Fatal A639 crash in Wakefield on 27 May 2010 at 22:20 involving a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle

A Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle crashed on the A639 in Wakefield at 22:20 on Thursday 27 May 2010. The 36-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 May 2010
Thursday, 22:20
Vehicles
1
Suzuki TL 1000
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70072, longitude -1.32546, in the WF8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontefract. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castleford Central & Glasshoughton, Wakefield, WF10 4SR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010130219976
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki TL 1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki TL 1000)

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 2010130219976 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.