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Serious B6126 crash in Leeds on 19 February 1996 at 16:05 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the B6126 in Leeds at 16:05 on Monday 19 February 1996. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1996
Monday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75359, longitude -1.61369, in the LS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613CA09496
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6126
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199613CA09496 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.