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A62 crash in Kirklees on 12 May 2013 at 17:10 involving a Mitsubishi Colt

A Mitsubishi Colt crashed on the A62 in Kirklees at 17:10 on Sunday 12 May 2013. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 May 2013
Sunday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Colt
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63892, longitude -1.81379, in the HD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colne Valley East, Kirklees, HD3 4GZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013130197096
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)

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 2013130197096 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 2013.