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A62 crash in Leeds on 21 August 1995 at 13:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A62 in Leeds at 13:00 on Monday 21 August 1995. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 1995
Monday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75096, longitude -1.63328, in the LS27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199513CA37195
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199513CA37195 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.