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A653 crash in Leeds on 20 January 1996 at 04:20 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

A Volkswagen Transporter van crashed on the A653 in Leeds at 04:20 on Saturday 20 January 1996. The 28-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1996
Saturday, 04:20
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73064, longitude -1.57722, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Ardsley.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613CA04096
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,915 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

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 199613CA04096 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.