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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS9 on 3 October 2002 at 16:30 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series and a Scania were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 16:30 on Thursday 3 October 2002. The 31-year-old female driver of the Rover 100 Series, the 32-year-old male driver of the Scania and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Rover 100 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2002
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Rover 100 Series and Scania
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80884, longitude -1.509, in the LS9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gipton & Harehills, Leeds, LS8 5HS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002131037902
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 17 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2002131037902 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.