Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF2 on 7 May 2018 at 14:00 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 14:00 on Monday 7 May 2018. The 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2018
- Monday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68483, longitude -1.54115, in the WF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018135571032
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2013.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 15 November 2013
1 m awayRef 20131300F1127
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 9 March 2025
6 m awayRef 2025131562966
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 22 August 2015
56 m awayRef 20151328M1575
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 1 September 2014
59 m awayRef 2014131910241
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 7 November 2015
101 m awayRef 2015132B71181
Serious
MG ZR crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 25 November 2015
103 m awayRef 2015132BO1557
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018135571032 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.