A639 crash in Wakefield on 11 February 2012 at 15:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the A639 in Wakefield at 15:50 on Saturday 11 February 2012. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2012
- Saturday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and MG ZR
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70959, longitude -1.33578, in the WF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castleford Central & Glasshoughton, Wakefield, WF10 4FR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012130065069
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 639
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 21 August 2018
13 m awayRef 20181358L0754
Serious
Ford Ecosport crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 4 February 2025
20 m awayRef 2025131551001
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 4 October 2017
23 m awayRef 2017134A41607
Slight
Car crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 5 December 2024
28 m awayRef 2024131526323
Serious
Car crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 20 January 2007
41 m awayRef 2007130048907
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 27 November 2018
44 m awayRef 2018135BR1446
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2012130065069 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 2012.