A643 crash in Leeds on 21 December 2004 at 14:45 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A643 in Leeds at 14:45 on Tuesday 21 December 2004. The 46-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2004
- Tuesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Subaru Impreza and Iveco-Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78211, longitude -1.5685, 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
- 2004131330804
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
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
Rover Mini crash on the A643 in Leeds, 14 January 1996
20 m awayRef 199613CA03096
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A643 in Leeds, 9 February 2019
21 m awayRef 2019136290922
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A643 in Leeds, 28 March 2004
28 m awayRef 2004130304804
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A643 in Leeds, 15 July 2024
43 m awayRef 2024131468042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 10,308 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
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 2004131330804 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.