A6029 crash in Leeds on 5 March 2004 at 12:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A6029 in Leeds at 12:30 on Friday 5 March 2004. The 84-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 30-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2004
- Friday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Seat Ibiza
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73176, longitude -1.59039, in the WF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley South, Leeds, WF3 1JQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004130228504
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6029
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2012.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A6029 in Leeds, 7 July 2012
14 m awayRef 2012130293535
Slight
Derbi Senda crash on the A6029 in Leeds, 8 September 2013
28 m awayRef 2013130371261
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6029 in Leeds, 16 February 2010
28 m awayRef 2010130001175
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A6029 in Leeds, 6 April 2008
28 m awayRef 2008130282508
Slight
Car crash on the A6029 in Leeds, 14 February 1980
28 m awayRef 198013F022380
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6028 in Leeds, 10 December 1981
32 m awayRef 198113F135681
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
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 2004130228504 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 2004.