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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS10 on 2 December 2008 at 09:00 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Leeds at 09:00 on Tuesday 2 December 2008. The 27-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2008
Tuesday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74374, longitude -1.54676, in the LS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Middleton Park, Leeds, LS10 4HT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008131044208
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

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 2008131044208 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.