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A61 crash in Leeds on 31 January 2014 at 15:06 involving a Smart Forfour

A Smart Forfour and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A61 in Leeds at 15:06 on Friday 31 January 2014. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 2014
Friday, 15:06
Vehicles
2
Smart Forfour and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8288, longitude -1.54677, in the LS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014130045106
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Forfour

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    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
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2014130045106 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 2014.