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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS2 on 20 January 2008 at 15:30 involving a Peugeot 406 taxi

A motorcycle and a Peugeot 406 taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 15:30 on Sunday 20 January 2008. The 20-year-old female rider of the motorcycle and the 39-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 2008
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Peugeot 406
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80205, longitude -1.54203, in the LS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little London & Woodhouse, Leeds, LS1 6NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008130051708
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Taxi or private hire 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
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)

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 2008130051708 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 2008.