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A61 crash in Leeds on 12 December 2001 at 18:30 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van and a Daewoo Lanos were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 18:30 on Wednesday 12 December 2001. The 20-year-old female driver of the Bedford van and the 40-year-old male driver of the Daewoo Lanos were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Daewoo Lanos
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74107, longitude -1.50858, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lofthouse and Robin Hood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardsley & Robin Hood, Leeds, WF3 3FT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001131348201
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
654

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 29 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Lanos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,349 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Lanos)

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 2001131348201 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.