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Serious unclassified road crash in Leeds LS11 on 29 August 1993 at 13:40 involving a Volvo 245

A Volvo 245 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Leeds at 13:40 on Sunday 29 August 1993. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
Serious
Date
29 Aug 1993
Sunday, 13:40
Vehicles
1
Volvo 245
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77628, longitude -1.54732, in the LS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199313CA34693
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 245

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 245)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199313CA34693 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 1993.