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A58 crash in Leeds on 15 March 1998 at 14:40 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440, a Renault 19 and a Volvo 940 were involved in a crash on the A58 in Leeds at 14:40 on Sunday 15 March 1998. The 35-year-old male driver of the Renault 19, the 45-year-old male driver of the Volvo 940 and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Renault 19 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 1998
Sunday, 14:40
Vehicles
3
Volvo 440 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79425, longitude -1.56884, in the LS12 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
199813CB09798
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
647

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 4 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 940)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

    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 199813CB09798 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.