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A58(M) crash in Leeds on 10 October 1997 at 14:30 involving a Honda VT500E motorcycle

A Honda VT500E motorcycle and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A58(M) in Leeds at 14:30 on Friday 10 October 1997. The 36-year-old female rider of the Honda VT500E motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1997
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Honda VT500E and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80487, longitude -1.54853, in the LS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199713BA35597
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
58
Road type
Single 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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A(M)
Second road number
58

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VT500E

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda VT500E)

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 199713BA35597 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 1997.