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A653 crash in Leeds on 20 December 2018 at 20:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A653 in Leeds at 20:15 on Thursday 20 December 2018. The 26-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2018
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7573, longitude -1.56992, in the LS11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley South, Leeds, LS27 8PW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018135CK1817
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
653
Road type
Single 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
Dark, street lights lit
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018135CK1817 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.