Unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF9 on 20 December 2019 at 19:28 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 19:28 on Friday 20 December 2019. The 34-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2019
- Friday, 19:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60635, longitude -1.2777, in the WF9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton, Wakefield, WF9 2ED area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019136CK1672
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Wet or damp
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1985.
Slight
Van crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 24 December 1985
21 m awayRef 198513DC37685
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 26 April 2008
22 m awayRef 2008130385608
Serious
Van crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 19 November 1980
22 m awayRef 198013M137080
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 28 May 2003
23 m awayRef 2003130563703
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Wakefield, 30 April 2019
25 m awayRef 20191364U0726
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A638 in Wakefield, 22 December 1994
28 m awayRef 199413DC51594
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2019136CK1672 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 2019.