A643 crash in Leeds on 14 December 2001 at 08:50 involving a Piaggio NRG motorcycle
A Piaggio NRG motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A643 in Leeds at 08:50 on Friday 14 December 2001. The 15-year-old male rider of the Piaggio NRG motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2001
- Friday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio NRG and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74632, longitude -1.6177, in the LS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley North, Leeds, LS27 9RR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001131348701
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 643
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2005.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A643 in Leeds, 22 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005130548505
Serious
Leyland crash on the A643 in Leeds, 21 May 1994
14 m awayRef 199413CA23994
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A643 in Leeds, 11 May 2001
41 m awayRef 2001130504401
Slight
Car crash on the A643 in Leeds, 18 August 1999
41 m awayRef 199913CA31999
Slight
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 24 September 2004
50 m awayRef 2004130946804
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 15, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio NRG)
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 2001131348701 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.