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Serious A1(M) crash in Wakefield on 17 July 2011 at 12:00 involving a Piaggio T5 125 motorcycle

A Piaggio T5 125 motorcycle crashed on the A1(M) in Wakefield at 12:00 on Sunday 17 July 2011. The 49-year-old male rider and a 46-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 2011
Sunday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Piaggio T5 125
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71064, longitude -1.2847, in the WF8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knottingley & Ferrybridge, Wakefield, WF11 8PJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011130326972
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A(M)
Second road number
1

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio T5 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio T5 125)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio T5 125)

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 2011130326972 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.