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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS16 on 15 December 1990 at 23:50 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Leeds at 23:50 on Saturday 15 December 1990. A 15-year-old male pedestrian and a 14-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1990
Saturday, 23:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85948, longitude -1.61515, in the LS16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013AA35390
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199013AA35390 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.