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A61 crash in Leeds on 19 January 2012 at 10:07 involving a Daewoo Matiz

A Daewoo Matiz and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 10:07 on Thursday 19 January 2012. The 51-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2012
Thursday, 10:07
Vehicles
2
Daewoo Matiz and Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78801, longitude -1.5355, in the LS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hunslet & Riverside, Leeds, LS11 5DE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012130028027
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Daewoo Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, 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 2012130028027 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 2012.