Serious A6026 crash in Calderdale on 1 April 2018 at 01:17 involving an Audi RS3
An Audi RS3 and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A6026 in Calderdale at 01:17 on Sunday 1 April 2018. The 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 107 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 01:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi RS3 and Peugeot 107
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69887, longitude -1.85723, in the HX3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green, Calderdale, HX3 0QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018135410154
- Council area
- Calderdale
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6026
- 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, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2025.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 14 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025131641580
Fatal
Peugeot 307 crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 13 February 2005
4 m awayRef 2005130119205
Serious
Scooter crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 15 July 1983
6 m awayRef 198313A037883
Slight
Car crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 25 December 1981
6 m awayRef 198113A176581
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 11 August 1990
6 m awayRef 199013FA21190
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6026 in Calderdale, 16 August 1996
11 m awayRef 199613FA26796
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi RS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,480 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 107)
- 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 2018135410154 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 2018.