Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS8 on 15 November 2015 at 12:30 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 12:30 on Sunday 15 November 2015. All seven casualties 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
- 15 Nov 2015
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Scenic and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 7
- 7 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81788, longitude -1.49144, in the LS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gipton & Harehills, Leeds, LS9 6FA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015132BF0776
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1987.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 2 November 1987
3 m awayRef 198713BB24087
Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 15 December 2017
4 m awayRef 2017134CF1427
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 8 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025131680113
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 17 October 1983
10 m awayRef 198313L054483
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 10 October 1981
10 m awayRef 198113L127381
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 21 March 1995
10 m awayRef 199513BB10695
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- 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 2015132BF0776 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 2015.