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Serious unclassified road crash in Leeds WF12 on 19 November 2014 at 11:30 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 11:30 on Wednesday 19 November 2014. The 43-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Nov 2014
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71854, longitude -1.59193, in the WF12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Batley East, Kirklees, WF12 7QY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014131BJ0607
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
653

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, 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 2014131BJ0607 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.