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Fatal A1 crash in Leeds on 16 September 1983 at 20:15 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Leeds at 20:15 on Friday 16 September 1983. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Sep 1983
Friday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76524, longitude -1.29122, in the LS25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198313L047183
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198313L047183 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 1983.