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Serious A642 crash in Leeds on 29 December 2015 at 13:45 involving a Honda CB600F motorcycle

A car and a Honda CB600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A642 in Leeds at 13:45 on Tuesday 29 December 2015. The 46-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Honda CB600F
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7787, longitude -1.41056, in the LS26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Garforth & Swillington, Leeds, LS26 8BT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015132CT0716
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
642
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CB600F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB600F)

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 2015132CT0716 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.