Fatal B6108 crash in Kirklees on 22 November 2010 at 19:30 involving a Volvo
A Volvo, a Peugeot 206 and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the B6108 in Kirklees at 19:30 on Monday 22 November 2010. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 was killed and the 37-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 22 Nov 2010
- Monday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60488, longitude -1.82844, in the HD4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010130500701
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6108
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2008.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B6108 in Kirklees, 19 July 2008
22 m awayRef 2008130603008
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B6108 in Kirklees, 19 January 1997
28 m awayRef 199713EA03697
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6108 in Kirklees, 28 April 2002
36 m awayRef 2002130435002
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B6108 in Kirklees, 24 June 2007
45 m awayRef 2007130533407
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6108 in Kirklees, 21 August 2006
54 m awayRef 2006130745206
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the B6108 in Kirklees, 30 October 1992
54 m awayRef 199213ED22992
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mazda 323)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 2010130500701 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.