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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS17 on 18 May 1996 at 11:00 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 11:00 on Saturday 18 May 1996. The 28-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno, a 1-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Uno and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 May 1996
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83647, longitude -1.53984, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613AC15496
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
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 serious injury crash on 28 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199613AC15496 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.