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A1(M) crash in Wakefield on 31 March 2015 at 14:00 involving a Renault Trucks van

A Renault Trucks van crashed on the A1(M) in Wakefield at 14:00 on Tuesday 31 March 2015. A 50-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2015
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Renault Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7121, longitude -1.2892, in the WF8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontefract North, Wakefield, WF8 2PN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20151323V0782
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 93 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Trucks)

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 20151323V0782 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 2015.