A650 crash in Leeds on 15 May 2014 at 07:43 involving a Scania lorry
A car, a Scania lorry and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A650 in Leeds at 07:43 on Thursday 15 May 2014. The 55-year-old male driver of the car and the 22-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2014
- Thursday, 07:43
- Vehicles
- 3
- Scania and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74533, longitude -1.62403, in the LS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley North, Leeds, LS27 7FP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20141315F0227
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2015.
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A650 in Leeds, 25 November 2015
3 m awayRef 2015132BP0231
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A650 in Leeds, 6 December 2011
9 m awayRef 2011130558743
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A650 in Leeds, 26 December 2010
9 m awayRef 2010130550122
Slight
Audi Q2 crash on the A650 in Leeds, 15 April 2025
13 m awayRef 2025131578431
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A650 in Leeds, 27 August 2004
15 m awayRef 2004130840004
Serious
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A650 in Leeds, 24 March 2003
15 m awayRef 2003130323403
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes Sprinter)
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 20141315F0227 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.