Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS3 on 18 August 2018 at 01:10 involving a Skoda Octavia
Four vehicles, including a Skoda Octavia and a Skoda Fabia, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 01:10 on Saturday 18 August 2018. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Fabia and a 30-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Skoda Fabia were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2018
- Saturday, 01:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Skoda Octavia and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80003, longitude -1.55954, in the LS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little London & Woodhouse, Leeds, LS3 1LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20181358I0137
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2011.
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 11 September 2011
5 m awayRef 2011130418650
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 25 February 1986
5 m awayRef 198613BA03386
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 31 July 1995
5 m awayRef 199513BA25595
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 17 September 2012
5 m awayRef 2012130405005
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 26 January 1984
5 m awayRef 198413J001484
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 14 April 2011
5 m awayRef 2011130174205
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,363 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 4: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 20181358I0137 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 2018.