B6409 crash in Kirklees on 30 October 2017 at 07:05 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the B6409 in Kirklees at 07:05 on Monday 30 October 2017. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was 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
- 30 Oct 2017
- Monday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68495, longitude -1.63175, in the WF12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dewsbury West, Kirklees, WF12 9PY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017134AU0223
- Council area
- Kirklees
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6409
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2023.
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 29 September 2023
4 m awayRef 2023131358175
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 10 September 1997
5 m awayRef 199713EC40897
Slight
Car crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 17 December 1981
5 m awayRef 198113P140481
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 4 May 1990
5 m awayRef 199013EC08590
Slight
Car crash on the B6409 in Kirklees, 21 November 1988
5 m awayRef 198813EC22288
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees, 18 October 1984
5 m awayRef 198413P053784
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017134AU0223 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 2017.