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Serious A61 crash in Leeds on 7 May 1999 at 17:56 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus hit a pedestrian on the A61 in Leeds at 17:56 on Friday 7 May 1999. The 55-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 May 1999
Friday, 17:56
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82535, longitude -1.54633, in the LS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199913AA21399
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199913AA21399 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 1999.