Unclassified road crash in Kirklees HD2 on 11 December 2014 at 09:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 09:20 on Thursday 11 December 2014. The 27-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series, the 69-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2014
- Thursday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66715, longitude -1.77073, in the HD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashbrow, Kirklees, HD2 1EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014131CB0321
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2000.
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 27 November 2000
4 m awayRef 2000131245200
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 17 May 1995
18 m awayRef 199513EA29695
Serious
Nissan Cherry crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 28 May 1998
24 m awayRef 199813EA36798
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 2 June 1998
32 m awayRef 199813EA38498
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 29 October 2004
38 m awayRef 2004131082504
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 30 October 1997
40 m awayRef 199713EA69297
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2014131CB0321 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 2014.