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A61 crash in Wakefield on 11 January 2016 at 20:00 involving a Mitsubishi Colt

A Mitsubishi Colt hit a pedestrian on the A61 in Wakefield at 20:00 on Monday 11 January 2016. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 2016
Monday, 20:00
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Colt
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69426, longitude -1.50382, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield North, Wakefield, WF1 2QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20161331B1304
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
61

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

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 20161331B1304 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 2016.