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A647 crash in Leeds on 26 May 1998 at 08:25 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a car were involved in a crash on the A647 in Leeds at 08:25 on Tuesday 26 May 1998. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1998
Tuesday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80182, longitude -1.60216, 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
199813CB20298
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
647
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, 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 199813CB20298 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.