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Serious unclassified road crash in Leeds LS28 on 7 July 2009 at 15:45 involving a Honda Accord taxi

A Honda Accord taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Leeds at 15:45 on Tuesday 7 July 2009. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jul 2009
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Honda Accord
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81076, longitude -1.6771, in the LS28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pudsey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Calverley & Farsley, Leeds, LS28 6PZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009130559109
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
Dry

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, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,204 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2009130559109 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 2009.