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Serious M62 crash in Kirklees on 18 November 2019 at 21:26 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio crashed on the M62 in Kirklees at 21:26 on Monday 18 November 2019. A 22-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Nov 2019
Monday, 21:26
Vehicles
1
Renault Clio
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7302, longitude -1.73198, in the BD19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cleckheaton, Kirklees, BD19 6HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019136BI1845
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2019136BI1845 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 2019.