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A639 crash in Leeds on 6 May 1982 at 13:45 involving a car

Two cars and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A639 in Leeds at 13:45 on Thursday 6 May 1982. An 8-year-old female passenger in the minibus, a 6-year-old male passenger in the minibus and a 53-year-old female passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 May 1982
Thursday, 13:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73496, longitude -1.40936, in the LS26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198213F020282
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
639
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

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 198213F020282 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 1982.