A1(M) crash in Leeds on 15 September 2013 at 04:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A1(M) in Leeds at 04:45 on Sunday 15 September 2013. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 14-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2013
- Sunday, 04:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volvo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78035, longitude -1.31287, in the LS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Monk Fryston & South Milford, North Yorkshire, LS25 5LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013130382148
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2019.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 14 April 2019
2 m awayRef 20191364E0809
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 7 January 2011
9 m awayRef 2011130009105
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 8 December 2007
18 m awayRef 2007131072107
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 9 December 2007
21 m awayRef 2007131075207
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 28 April 2009
22 m awayRef 2009130342609
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 15 May 2009
29 m awayRef 2009130390209
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2013130382148 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 2013.