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A61 crash in Leeds on 1 October 1982 at 15:35 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 15:35 on Friday 1 October 1982. The 12-year-old female cyclist, the 30-year-old female driver of the car and a 30-year-old male passenger in the car 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
1 Oct 1982
Friday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73548, longitude -1.50395, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lofthouse and Robin Hood.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198213F043082
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198213F043082 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.