A638 crash in Wakefield on 21 June 2014 at 20:20 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a car were involved in a crash on the A638 in Wakefield at 20:20 on Saturday 21 June 2014. A 41-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Avensis, the 27-year-old male driver of the car and a 28-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2014
- Saturday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67537, longitude -1.48963, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield South, Wakefield, WF1 5JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20141316L1663
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 638
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 61
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2017.
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Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 11 July 2025
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Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 14 April 2005
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 11 March 2003
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Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 12 August 2007
8 m awayRef 2007130712707
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 20141316L1663 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 2014.