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A61 crash in Leeds on 19 July 1996 at 10:50 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 10:50 on Friday 19 July 1996. The 58-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus and the 51-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jul 1996
Friday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74134, longitude -1.50843, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lofthouse and Robin Hood.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199613CA31896
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
654

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 slight injury crash on 12 December 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

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 199613CA31896 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.