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Serious A6539 crash in Wakefield on 10 September 2016 at 20:30 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A6539 in Wakefield at 20:30 on Saturday 10 September 2016. The 24-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Sep 2016
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha DT 125 R and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71566, longitude -1.34665, 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 4FR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20161339A1716
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6539
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 20161339A1716 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.