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Fatal unclassified road crash in Leeds LS28 on 3 January 2002 at 15:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 15:00 on Thursday 3 January 2002. The 45-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was killed and the 70-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Jan 2002
Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82168, longitude -1.69266, in the LS28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Calverley & Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5PS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002130003202
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
Rural
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2002130003202 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 2002.