A58 crash in Leeds on 21 November 1997 at 12:10 involving a Rover Mini
A Rover Mini and a car were involved in a crash on the A58 in Leeds at 12:10 on Friday 21 November 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the Rover Mini and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Rover Mini were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 1997
- Friday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Mini and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82226, longitude -1.49199, in the LS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199713BB49697
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 58
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 October 2014.
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the A58 in Leeds, 27 October 2014
10 m awayRef 2014131AR0995
Slight
Audi Coupe crash on the A58 in Leeds, 2 December 1991
20 m awayRef 199113AC37291
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A58 in Leeds, 28 October 2000
22 m awayRef 2000131087900
Serious
Taxi crash on the A58 in Leeds, 18 August 1982
22 m awayRef 198213L042282
Fatal
Suzuki crash on the A58 in Leeds, 7 May 2000
22 m awayRef 2000130277300
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A58 in Leeds, 1 July 2015
24 m awayRef 2015132710614
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199713BB49697 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.