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A659 crash in Leeds on 23 November 1994 at 11:51 involving a Leyland Freighter lorry

A Leyland Freighter lorry hit a pedestrian on the A659 in Leeds at 11:51 on Wednesday 23 November 1994. A 60-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1994
Wednesday, 11:51
Vehicles
1
Leyland Freighter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90581, longitude -1.69463, in the LS21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Otley.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199413AA50394
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6451

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Freighter

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    6,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland Freighter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199413AA50394 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.