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A58 crash in Leeds on 30 December 1996 at 17:10 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A58 in Leeds at 17:10 on Monday 30 December 1996. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1996
Monday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80725, longitude -1.53606, in the LS7 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
199613BA44396
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199613BA44396 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.