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B6475 crash in Wakefield on 8 December 2012 at 15:12 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on the B6475 in Wakefield at 15:12 on Saturday 8 December 2012. The 56-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo, a 52-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2012
Saturday, 15:12
Vehicles
3
Citroen Saxo and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67517, longitude -1.5266, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield West, Wakefield, WF2 8DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012130533893
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6475
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 31 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    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 2012130533893 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.