Skip to main content
CrashStats

A58 crash in Leeds on 28 December 2007 at 16:20 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi

A Toyota Avensis taxi and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A58 in Leeds at 16:20 on Friday 28 December 2007. The 39-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis taxi and the 21-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2007
Friday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76358, longitude -1.64833, in the BD11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Farnley & Wortley, Leeds, LS27 7BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007131146207
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 2007131146207 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.