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Serious A653 crash in Leeds on 1 October 1998 at 14:50 involving a Suzuki Supercarry

A Suzuki Supercarry hit a pedestrian on the A653 in Leeds at 14:50 on Thursday 1 October 1998. An 87-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 1998
Thursday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76643, longitude -1.55714, in the LS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199813CA48598
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Supercarry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 87, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Supercarry)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199813CA48598 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.