Skip to main content
CrashStats

A64 crash in Leeds on 12 December 1996 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A64 in Leeds at 14:30 on Thursday 12 December 1996. The 61-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 1996
Thursday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80583, longitude -1.47579, in the LS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613BB53496
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    12,130 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199613BB53496 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.