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Fatal A660 crash in Leeds on 12 May 1992 at 21:50 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A660 in Leeds at 21:50 on Tuesday 12 May 1992. The 32-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 May 1992
Tuesday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89927, longitude -1.66911, in the LS21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199213AB08792
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
660
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    826 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199213AB08792 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 1992.