B6159 crash in Leeds on 11 December 2009 at 22:00 involving a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6159 in Leeds at 22:00 on Friday 11 December 2009. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2009
- Friday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha XC 125 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81741, longitude -1.51574, in the LS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gipton & Harehills, Leeds, LS8 5HS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009131053209
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6159
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2014.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the B6159 in Leeds, 9 July 2014
4 m awayRef 2014131790495
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Van crash on the B6159 in Leeds, 15 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198213K036782
Slight
Car crash on the B6159 in Leeds, 21 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198613BB29786
Slight
Car crash on the A58 in Leeds, 9 May 1982
10 m awayRef 198213K021182
Slight
Car crash on the A58 in Leeds, 5 February 1982
10 m awayRef 198213K004082
Slight
Car crash on the B6159 in Leeds, 15 October 2005
10 m awayRef 2005130928005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XC 125)
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 2009131053209 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.