A61 crash in Leeds on 21 November 2004 at 04:25 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 04:25 on Sunday 21 November 2004. The 25-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2004
- Sunday, 04:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Sunny and Nissan Primera
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78611, longitude -1.53249, in the LS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hunslet & Riverside, Leeds, LS10 1NY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004131167904
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 61
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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 January 2015.
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A61 in Leeds, 1 January 2015
7 m awayRef 2015132110145
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A653 in Leeds, 6 May 2019
8 m awayRef 2019136560196
Serious
Volvo crash on the A61 in Leeds, 31 July 2000
10 m awayRef 2000130724000
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A61 in Leeds, 19 January 1990
10 m awayRef 199013CA01590
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A61 in Leeds, 28 April 1997
10 m awayRef 199713CA20097
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A61 in Leeds, 9 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199013CA10690
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2004131167904 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.