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A61 crash in Leeds on 8 November 1999 at 15:45 involving a Skoda Felicia

A Skoda Felicia and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 15:45 on Monday 8 November 1999. The 35-year-old female driver of the Skoda Felicia and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Felicia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1999
Monday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Skoda Felicia and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78087, longitude -1.52648, in the LS10 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
199913CA47699
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199913CA47699 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.