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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS1 on 15 December 2002 at 02:06 involving a Volvo 460

A Volvo 460 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Leeds at 02:06 on Sunday 15 December 2002. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2002
Sunday, 02:06
Vehicles
1
Volvo 460
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79732, longitude -1.55013, in the LS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little London & Woodhouse, Leeds, LS1 6NP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002131375502
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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 phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 460

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 460)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2002131375502 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.