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Serious unclassified road crash in Leeds LS17 on 1 December 1996 at 17:15 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Leeds at 17:15 on Sunday 1 December 1996. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 1996
Sunday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84604, longitude -1.54946, in the LS17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613AA52696
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199613AA52696 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.