Call following a fatal road traffic collision, Brighouse

Monday 20 May 2024

Police are appealing for information following a fatal road collision in Brighouse.

It happened at around 9.15pm on Tuesday 8 May when a blue Jaguar XF and a red Audi TT collided at the junction of Wakefield Road and Coal Pit Lane.

The driver of the Jaguar, an 84-year-old man, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and sadly died on Wednesday 15 May.

Officers from the Major Collision Investigation Team are appealing for witnesses and are keen to hear from anyone with a dash cam who traveled between Lidl on Wakefield Road to the junction with Coal Pit Lane or anyone who may have traveled along Coal Pit Lane in the direction of Wakefield Road just before 9.15pm.

Anyone with information that could help can contact the team via www.westyorkshire.police.uk/LiveChat or by calling 101, quoting log 1885 of May 8.

Information can be given anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.