A6120 crash in Leeds on 5 March 2007 at 08:15 involving a Ford Transit van
Four vehicles, including a Ford Transit van and a Honda CRV, were involved in a crash on the A6120 in Leeds at 08:15 on Monday 5 March 2007. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, the 46-year-old female driver of the Honda CRV and the 57-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2007
- Monday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83431, longitude -1.64561, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007130207407
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 11 November 1980.
Fatal
Car crash on the A6120 in Leeds, 11 November 1980
At the same spotRef 198013H174880
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A6120 in Leeds, 2 May 1991
At the same spotRef 199113AB10791
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A6120 in Leeds, 19 December 1993
At the same spotRef 199313AA48093
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A6120 in Leeds, 21 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009130050009
Slight
Car crash on the A6120 in Leeds, 9 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198713AB28787
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 19 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199113AB13891
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Alfa Romeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Sharan)
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 2007130207407 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 2007.