A650 crash in Bradford on 31 December 2016 at 18:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A650 in Bradford at 18:05 on Saturday 31 December 2016. The 29-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76115, longitude -1.68286, in the BD11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birstall & Birkenshaw, Kirklees, BD11 2BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bradford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016133CV1116
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 650
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Antara crash on the A650 in Bradford, 21 July 2017
6 m awayRef 20171347L0455
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A650 in Bradford, 17 February 1996
10 m awayRef 199613GC06596
Slight
Scania crash on the A650 in Bradford, 12 January 1996
15 m awayRef 199613GC02096
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6135 in Bradford, 15 July 2001
19 m awayRef 2001130737101
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A650 in Bradford, 7 May 2013
25 m awayRef 2013130188851
Slight
Nissan crash on the A650 in Bradford, 27 October 2000
25 m awayRef 2000131100300
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 2016133CV1116 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2016.