Serious A636 crash in Wakefield on 7 October 2016 at 07:45 involving a Honda Civic
Four vehicles, including a Honda Civic and a Toyota Auris, were involved in a crash on the A636 in Wakefield at 07:45 on Friday 7 October 2016. A 14-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic was seriously injured and the 41-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Oct 2016
- Friday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda Civic and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6422, longitude -1.54697, in the WF4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield Rural, Wakefield, WF4 3EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016133A70205
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 636
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2013.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A636 in Wakefield, 10 October 2013
1 m awayRef 20131300A1538
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A636 in Wakefield, 6 April 2022
1 m awayRef 2022131163397
Slight
Volvo C 30 crash on the A636 in Wakefield, 27 July 2013
1 m awayRef 2013130309967
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A636 in Wakefield, 12 April 2013
1 m awayRef 2013130151780
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the A636 in Wakefield, 3 April 2015
1 m awayRef 2015132430513
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A636 in Wakefield, 9 April 2023
1 m awayRef 2023131294998
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016133A70205 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.