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A65 crash in Leeds on 31 December 2003 at 18:35 involving a Fiat Punto

A car and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A65 in Leeds at 18:35 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. The 49-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81584, longitude -1.60233, in the LS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3BY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003131430103
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6157

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2003131430103 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.