Serious A58 crash in Leeds on 25 January 2001 at 17:18 involving a Peugeot 306
Four vehicles, including a car and a Peugeot 306, were involved in a crash on the A58 in Leeds at 17:18 on Thursday 25 January 2001. The 29-year-old male rider of the Honda NSR125 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 27-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 2001
- Thursday, 17:18
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 306 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86495, longitude -1.45086, in the LS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarcroft.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001130106601
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 58
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1987.
Slight
Van crash on the A58 in Leeds, 6 July 1987
20 m awayRef 198713BC15687
Serious
Car crash on the A58 in Leeds, 11 January 1986
22 m awayRef 198613BC01086
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A58 in Leeds, 29 July 1983
30 m awayRef 198313L038183
Slight
Car crash on the A58 in Leeds, 3 December 1983
30 m awayRef 198313L064083
Slight
Ford Grand C-Max crash on the A58 in Leeds, 20 December 2021
32 m awayRef 2021131124086
Slight
Car crash on the A58 in Leeds, 11 July 1987
36 m awayRef 198713BC16187
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Honda NSR125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 4 (Honda NSR125)
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 2001130106601 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 2001.