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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS5 on 20 February 1996 at 17:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Vauxhall Combo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 17:10 on Tuesday 20 February 1996. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 1996
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82286, longitude -1.60561, in the LS5 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
199613AA07096
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
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 6 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199613AA07096 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 1996.