A62 crash in Kirklees on 3 August 2013 at 18:45 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A62 in Kirklees at 18:45 on Saturday 3 August 2013. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo, a 7-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo 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
- 3 Aug 2013
- Saturday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.642, longitude -1.79407, in the HD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crosland Moor, Kirklees, HD1 3RZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013130325914
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 62
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 1992.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A62 in Kirklees, 9 October 1992
9 m awayRef 199213EA37092
Slight
Daimler crash on the A62 in Kirklees, 14 April 1990
9 m awayRef 199013EA13090
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A62 in Kirklees, 23 September 2001
10 m awayRef 2001131028501
Slight
Dennis crash on the A62 in Kirklees, 9 March 2010
13 m awayRef 2010130001791
Serious
Car crash on the A62 in Kirklees, 18 April 1987
18 m awayRef 198713EA14987
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A62 in Kirklees, 23 October 1990
19 m awayRef 199013EA44090
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2013130325914 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.