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Serious M62 crash in Leeds on 17 October 2006 at 17:25 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Seat Altea were involved in a crash on the M62 in Leeds at 17:25 on Tuesday 17 October 2006. The 42-year-old male driver of the Seat Altea was seriously injured and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Seat Altea and the 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 2006
Tuesday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Seat Altea
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73322, longitude -1.57097, in the WF3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardsley & Robin Hood, Leeds, WF3 1SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006130935006
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
62

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Altea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 2006130935006 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 2006.