B6409 crash in Kirklees on 26 February 2011 at 16:45 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Sport
A Land Rover Range Rover Sport, a Vauxhall Astra and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the B6409 in Kirklees at 16:45 on Saturday 26 February 2011. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2011
- Saturday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68793, longitude -1.62973, in the WF12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF13 1BQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011130094293
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6409
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2023.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 7 October 2023
5 m awayRef 2023131360751
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 15 December 2003
10 m awayRef 2003131369403
Slight
Bus crash on the A644 in Kirklees, 2 December 1982
14 m awayRef 198213P058582
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 4 April 2013
40 m awayRef 2013130139555
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 8 July 2016
42 m awayRef 2016133781378
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 11 July 2006
50 m awayRef 2006130612906
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Mini One
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2011130094293 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 2011.