Serious B6136 crash in Wakefield on 25 March 2017 at 14:50 involving a Peugeot 5008
A Peugeot 5008 and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the B6136 in Wakefield at 14:50 on Saturday 25 March 2017. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper was seriously injured and the 42-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 5008 and the 28-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Mar 2017
- Saturday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 5008 and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71435, longitude -1.26883, in the WF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holmfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knottingley & Ferrybridge, Wakefield, WF11 8PJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20171343P0992
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6136
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B6136 in Wakefield, 12 October 1984
10 m awayRef 198413M040884
Fatal
Toyota Starlet crash on the B6136 in Wakefield, 26 December 2010
13 m awayRef 2010130550236
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B6136 in Wakefield, 8 January 2004
14 m awayRef 2004130014304
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6136 in Wakefield, 8 March 2023
24 m awayRef 2023131284246
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Wakefield, 8 December 1989
26 m awayRef 198913DB30489
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1 in Wakefield, 20 January 1995
31 m awayRef 199513MU01895
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 5008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 5008)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- 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 20171343P0992 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.