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Serious unclassified road crash in Leeds LS14 on 19 March 2004 at 14:45 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 14:45 on Friday 19 March 2004. The 19-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Mar 2004
Friday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Aprilia and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82667, longitude -1.47355, in the LS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Killingbeck & Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 1LP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004130435204
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

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 2004130435204 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.