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A63 crash in Leeds on 21 August 1998 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Daewoo Nexia were involved in a crash on the A63 in Leeds at 13:10 on Friday 21 August 1998. The 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 54-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Nexia were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 1998
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Daewoo Nexia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78316, longitude -1.37849, in the LS25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813BB32998
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
63
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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 15 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Nexia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Nexia)

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 199813BB32998 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 1998.