Serious A650 crash in Leeds on 18 August 2010 at 19:01 involving a Renault Megane
Four vehicles, including a Renault Megane and a Peugeot 206, were involved in a crash on the A650 in Leeds at 19:01 on Wednesday 18 August 2010. The 36-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 18 Aug 2010
- Wednesday, 19:01
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Megane and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73647, longitude -1.60262, in the LS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley South, Leeds, LS27 0DU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010130005699
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 650
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 January 1992.
Serious
Car crash on the A650 in Leeds, 1 January 1992
At the same spotRef 199213CC00192
Serious
Car crash on the A650 in Leeds, 24 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198413F228984
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A650 in Leeds, 8 December 1987
20 m awayRef 198713CC27187
Slight
Car crash on the A650 in Leeds, 25 September 1982
30 m awayRef 198213F042082
Serious
Car crash on the A650 in Leeds, 5 October 1989
32 m awayRef 198913CC26389
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A650 in Leeds, 9 January 1991
40 m awayRef 199113CC01091
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2010130005699 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 2010.