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A636 crash in Wakefield on 2 December 2016 at 20:40 involving a Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle crashed on the A636 in Wakefield at 20:40 on Friday 2 December 2016. The 49-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2016
Friday, 20:40
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SFV 650
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67751, longitude -1.50425, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wakefield West, Wakefield, WF2 8EF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016133C21671
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SFV 650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SFV 650)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016133C21671 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.