A650 crash in Bradford on 4 May 2012 at 19:44 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A650 in Bradford at 19:44 on Friday 4 May 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 and the 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2012
- Friday, 19:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79663, longitude -1.74446, in the BD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the City, Bradford, BD1 1LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bradford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012130196230
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 650
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 658
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2000.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A658 in Bradford, 18 September 2000
At the same spotRef 2000130915400
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A650 in Bradford, 24 December 2000
At the same spotRef 2000131351300
Slight
Opel crash on the A650 in Bradford, 12 April 1994
At the same spotRef 199413GA10594
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A650 in Bradford, 23 October 1995
At the same spotRef 199513GA25895
Slight
Volvo crash on the A650 in Bradford, 25 September 2007
At the same spotRef 2007130824407
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A650 in Bradford, 8 January 2012
At the same spotRef 2012130018489
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2012130196230 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2012.