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A659 crash in Leeds on 14 October 1994 at 05:35 involving an ERF lorry

An ERF lorry crashed on the A659 in Leeds at 05:35 on Friday 14 October 1994. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 1994
Friday, 05:35
Vehicles
1
ERF
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89767, longitude -1.58695, in the LS21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199413AA42494
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
659
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    14,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (ERF)

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 199413AA42494 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 1994.