Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS17 on 31 December 2002 at 20:20 involving an Alfa Romeo 147
An Alfa Romeo 147 and a Ford Transit were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 20:20 on Tuesday 31 December 2002. The 44-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo 147, a 43-year-old female passenger in the Alfa Romeo 147 and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Alfa Romeo 147 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo 147 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85231, longitude -1.50044, in the LS17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alwoodley, Leeds, LS17 8SE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002131443802
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 147
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 147)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 147)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 147)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2002131443802 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.