A61 crash in Leeds on 31 July 1985 at 20:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 20:10 on Wednesday 31 July 1985. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 1985
- Wednesday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78674, longitude -1.53385, in the LS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198513CA16985
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 19 June 1992.
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A61 in Leeds, 19 June 1992
At the same spotRef 199213CA11992
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in Leeds, 26 June 1983
10 m awayRef 198313F112783
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A61 in Leeds, 21 July 2004
10 m awayRef 2004130711204
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in Leeds, 7 February 1981
10 m awayRef 198113F016881
Serious
BMW X3 crash on the A61 in Leeds, 9 September 2023
11 m awayRef 2023131350707
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 16 September 1981
14 m awayRef 198113F117581
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198513CA16985 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.