Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF16 on 2 August 2010 at 21:52 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 21:52 on Monday 2 August 2010. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2010
- Monday, 21:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70695, longitude -1.67835, in the WF16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heckmondwike. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heckmondwike, Kirklees, WF16 0EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010130322439
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2014.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 16 January 2014
6 m awayRef 20141311G0421
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 30 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199813EC61998
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 14 June 2025
14 m awayRef 2025131602810
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 13 December 2004
42 m awayRef 2004131263304
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 13 October 1990
42 m awayRef 199013EB28590
Slight
Honda Accord crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 14 November 1990
45 m awayRef 199013EB31790
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
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 2010130322439 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 2010.