B6475 crash in Wakefield on 13 March 2017 at 08:15 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle and a Fiat Bravo were involved in a crash on the B6475 in Wakefield at 08:15 on Monday 13 March 2017. The 51-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2017
- Monday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia and Fiat Bravo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67037, longitude -1.51328, 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 8PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20171333D0295
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6475
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 July 2004.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 30 July 2004
26 m awayRef 2004130750904
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6475 in Wakefield, 9 October 1997
80 m awayRef 199713DA44597
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 21 September 2006
83 m awayRef 2006130855906
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6475 in Wakefield, 19 July 2016
98 m awayRef 20161337J1021
Slight
Car crash on the B6475 in Wakefield, 26 November 1985
99 m awayRef 198513DA44085
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 6 October 2013
102 m awayRef 2013130061564
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 20171333D0295 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 2017.