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Fatal A65 crash in Leeds on 24 August 2004 at 10:37 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto hit a pedestrian on the A65 in Leeds at 10:37 on Tuesday 24 August 2004. An 89-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Aug 2004
Tuesday, 10:37
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83196, longitude -1.64032, in the LS18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4RU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004130824904
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 89, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 2004130824904 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.