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A650 crash in Leeds on 21 April 1998 at 16:37 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Scania van were involved in a crash on the A650 in Leeds at 16:37 on Tuesday 21 April 1998. The 60-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 1998
Tuesday, 16:37
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Scania
Casualties
1
1 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813CA20498
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6127

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 17 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    8,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199813CA20498 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.