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A659 crash in Leeds on 28 April 2012 at 14:12 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series and a Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A659 in Leeds at 14:12 on Saturday 28 April 2012. The 51-year-old male rider of the Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle and a 48-year-old female passenger on the Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 2012
Saturday, 14:12
Vehicles
2
BMW 1 Series and Triumph Thunderbird
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9101, longitude -1.4008, in the LS22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harewood, Leeds, LS22 5AS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012130186424
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
659
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
A
Second road number
58

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Thunderbird

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Thunderbird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Thunderbird)

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 2012130186424 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.