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Serious A650 crash in Leeds on 10 September 1996 at 16:00 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A650 in Leeds at 16:00 on Tuesday 10 September 1996. The 71-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda was seriously injured and the 31-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego and a 4-year-old female passenger in the Austin Montego were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Sep 1996
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Panda and Austin Montego
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73573, longitude -1.5949, 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
199613CA38596
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
650
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6127

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 17 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199613CA38596 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.