A643 crash in Leeds on 28 March 2004 at 19:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A643 in Leeds at 19:45 on Sunday 28 March 2004. The 21-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2004
- Sunday, 19:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78229, longitude -1.5688, in the LS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beeston & Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 0BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004130304804
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 643
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 12 January 1990.
Slight
Foden crash on the A643 in Leeds, 12 January 1990
14 m awayRef 199013CA01390
Serious
Car crash on the A643 in Leeds, 11 March 1984
14 m awayRef 198413F105684
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A643 in Leeds, 17 June 1991
20 m awayRef 199113CA12291
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A643 in Leeds, 14 January 1996
20 m awayRef 199613CA03096
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A643 in Leeds, 21 December 2004
28 m awayRef 2004131330804
Slight
Piaggio Typhoon crash on the A643 in Leeds, 17 May 2004
30 m awayRef 2004130485404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2004130304804 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.