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Serious A653 crash in Leeds on 17 December 2002 at 18:15 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A653 in Leeds at 18:15 on Tuesday 17 December 2002. The 69-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 406 was seriously injured and the 37-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Peugeot 406
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72518, longitude -1.58485, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Ardsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley South, Leeds, WF3 1JQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002131384902
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6029

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)

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 2002131384902 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.