B6128 crash in Wakefield on 8 July 2016 at 18:46 involving a Volkswagen Bora
Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Bora and a Vauxhall Vectra, were involved in a crash on the B6128 in Wakefield at 18:46 on Friday 8 July 2016. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Citigo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2016
- Friday, 18:46
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volkswagen Bora and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68098, longitude -1.58218, in the WF5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ossett.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016133781327
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6128
- 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
- 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, 39 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2019.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 10 May 2019
39 m awayRef 20191365A0485
Slight
Car crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 19 December 1985
42 m awayRef 198513DA49385
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 29 January 2011
65 m awayRef 2011130045829
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 16 December 2013
75 m awayRef 20131300G0711
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 7 July 2020
78 m awayRef 2020137780190
Slight
Morris Minor crash on the B6128 in Wakefield, 7 June 1991
78 m awayRef 199113DA18391
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Citigo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Citigo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2016133781327 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.