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A643 crash in Leeds on 17 June 1997 at 15:55 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A643 in Leeds at 15:55 on Tuesday 17 June 1997. The 30-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jun 1997
Tuesday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Jetta and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77887, longitude -1.56793, in the LS11 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
199713CA29497
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
643
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
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 1 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

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 199713CA29497 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.