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A658 crash in Leeds on 9 March 1996 at 12:15 involving a Suzuki motor scooter

A Suzuki motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A658 in Leeds at 12:15 on Saturday 9 March 1996. The 65-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 1996
Saturday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90275, longitude -1.62951, in the LS21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pool-in-Wharfedale.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613AA12996
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
658
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

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 22 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 199613AA12996 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.