B6389 crash in Wakefield on 24 May 2011 at 16:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A bicycle, a Ford Fiesta and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B6389 in Wakefield at 16:50 on Tuesday 24 May 2011. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2011
- Tuesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66715, longitude -1.47796, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield South, Wakefield, WF1 5JB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011130238337
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6389
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 1979.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6389 in Wakefield, 23 February 1979
At the same spotRef 197913N033979
Serious
Car crash on the B6389 in Wakefield, 3 February 1986
At the same spotRef 198613DA04186
Serious
Triumph Toledo crash on the B6389 in Wakefield, 7 February 1990
At the same spotRef 199013DA05590
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 11 January 2006
10 m awayRef 2006130025606
Serious
Car crash on the B6389 in Wakefield, 29 December 1983
10 m awayRef 198313N062283
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B6389 in Wakefield, 27 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011130194187
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 12, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2011130238337 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.