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A653 crash in Leeds on 25 May 1995 at 16:45 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A653 in Leeds at 16:45 on Thursday 25 May 1995. The 31-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 May 1995
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Kawasaki Z750
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76411, longitude -1.56247, in the LS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199513CA24395
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki Z750

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    738 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki Z750)

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 199513CA24395 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 1995.