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Unclassified road crash in Leeds WF3 on 8 October 2003 at 17:58 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 17:58 on Wednesday 8 October 2003. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2003
Wednesday, 17:58
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73082, longitude -1.57842, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Ardsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardsley & Robin Hood, Leeds, WF3 1SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003131084503
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2003131084503 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.