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A1(M) crash in Wakefield on 8 March 2018 at 06:46 involving an Audi R8

An Audi R8 crashed on the A1(M) in Wakefield at 06:46 on Thursday 8 March 2018. The 45-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 2018
Thursday, 06:46
Vehicles
1
Audi R8
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7144, longitude -1.28895, in the WF11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontefract North, Wakefield, WF8 2PN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018135380277
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
62

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

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, 48 metres away, was a fatal crash on 11 April 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi R8

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    5,204 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi R8)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018135380277 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 2018.