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Serious A65 crash in Leeds on 3 July 1985 at 19:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A65 in Leeds at 19:30 on Wednesday 3 July 1985. The 17-year-old male cyclist and a 15-year-old male passenger on the bicycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jul 1985
Wednesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88459, longitude -1.72887, in the LS29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Menston.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198513AB15585
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198513AB15585 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 1985.