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Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF1 on 14 March 2011 at 09:40 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25, a Mercedes Sprinter lorry and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 09:40 on Monday 14 March 2011. The 84-year-old male driver of the Rover 25 and the 62-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 2011
Monday, 09:40
Vehicles
3
Rover 25 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68544, longitude -1.48924, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield North, Wakefield, WF1 1AP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011130120336
Council area
Wakefield
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
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
Daylight
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

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 2011130120336 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 2011.