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A653 crash in Leeds on 21 August 1989 at 22:55 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A653 in Leeds at 22:55 on Monday 21 August 1989. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 17-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 1989
Monday, 22:55
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73612, longitude -1.57504, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198913CC21889
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198913CC21889 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 1989.