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A654 crash in Leeds on 4 March 1979 at 09:40 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A654 in Leeds at 09:40 on Sunday 4 March 1979. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 1979
Sunday, 09:40
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73947, longitude -1.51285, in the WF3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913F031379
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
654
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 197913F031379 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leeds road accident statistics for 1979.