Skip to main content
CrashStats

A660 crash in Leeds on 27 January 1990 at 19:16 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A660 in Leeds at 19:16 on Saturday 27 January 1990. The 18-year-old male driver and a 15-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 1990
Saturday, 19:16
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84574, longitude -1.59278, in the LS16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013AA03190
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
660
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199013AA03190 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 1990.