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Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF12 on 12 September 2016 at 01:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 01:00 on Monday 12 September 2016. The 20-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly 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
Slight
Date
12 Sep 2016
Monday, 01:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Yaris
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6761, longitude -1.62655, in the WF12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20161339C0083
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    3,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)

    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 20161339C0083 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 2016.