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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS27 on 28 January 2003 at 21:15 involving a Suzuki Alto

A Suzuki Alto hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Leeds at 21:15 on Tuesday 28 January 2003. A 55-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2003
Tuesday, 21:15
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Alto
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75985, longitude -1.63411, in the LS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Drighlington and Gildersome. It is one of the crashes that make up the Farnley & Wortley, Leeds, LS27 7BQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003130098103
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6126

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2003130098103 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 2003.