A628 crash in Wakefield on 11 May 2017 at 17:35 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A628 in Wakefield at 17:35 on Thursday 11 May 2017. The 60-year-old female driver of the Honda Jazz, the 68-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2017
- Thursday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67525, longitude -1.31797, in the WF8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontefract.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20171345B1384
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 628
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 1988.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 25 June 1988
4 m awayRef 198813DC18088
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 17 June 2024
7 m awayRef 2024131456998
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 13 November 2006
7 m awayRef 2006131034406
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 9 May 1992
9 m awayRef 199213DC10292
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 10 October 2000
9 m awayRef 2000131012100
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A628 in Wakefield, 4 October 2004
9 m awayRef 2004130980304
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 20171345B1384 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.