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Fatal unclassified road crash in Leeds LS10 on 3 October 2001 at 11:15 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Leeds at 11:15 on Wednesday 3 October 2001. A 61-year-old male pedestrian and a 56-year-old female pedestrian were killed and the 45-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Oct 2001
Wednesday, 11:15
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 306
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77639, longitude -1.53002, in the LS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hunslet & Riverside, Leeds, LS10 2ER area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001131028201
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    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 2001131028201 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.