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A65 crash in Leeds on 8 July 1999 at 09:30 involving a Rover 600 Series

Four vehicles, including a Rover 600 Series and a Citroen Xantia, were involved in a crash on the A65 in Leeds at 09:30 on Thursday 8 July 1999. The 35-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 1999
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
4
Rover 600 Series and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80316, longitude -1.57299, in the LS4 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
199913BA26599
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

  • Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

    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 199913BA26599 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.