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Serious B6157 crash in Leeds on 27 November 1999 at 09:33 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on the B6157 in Leeds at 09:33 on Saturday 27 November 1999. A 75-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver and an 11-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Nov 1999
Saturday, 09:33
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83814, longitude -1.55303, in the LS6 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
199913AA56099
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6157
Road type
Single 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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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

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 199913AA56099 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.