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A6032 crash in Wakefield on 9 October 2014 at 10:57 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia and an Optare bus were involved in a crash on the A6032 in Wakefield at 10:57 on Thursday 9 October 2014. The 28-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia and the 41-year-old male driver of the Optare bus 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
9 Oct 2014
Thursday, 10:57
Vehicles
2
Skoda Octavia and Optare
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72774, longitude -1.35304, in the WF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castleford Central & Glasshoughton, Wakefield, WF10 1FA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014131A90486
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6032
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
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    6,374 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)

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 2014131A90486 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.