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A58 crash in Leeds on 29 December 2002 at 21:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus, a Volvo V70 and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A58 in Leeds at 21:00 on Sunday 29 December 2002. The 35-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento and a 36-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Cinquecento were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2002
Sunday, 21:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Focus and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79753, longitude -1.55969, 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, LS3 1LW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002131440402
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Cinquecento)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    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 2002131440402 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.