A62 crash in Leeds on 7 July 2019 at 11:39 involving a Honda CB500XA motorcycle
A Honda CB500XA motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A62 in Leeds at 11:39 on Sunday 7 July 2019. The 23-year-old male rider of the Honda CB500XA motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2019
- Sunday, 11:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CB500XA and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76786, longitude -1.59851, in the LS12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morley North, Leeds, LS27 7RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019136770741
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 62
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 August 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A62 in Leeds, 15 August 1986
20 m awayRef 198613CB18086
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A62 in Leeds, 15 January 2024
24 m awayRef 2024131398706
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A62 in Leeds, 5 September 1982
74 m awayRef 198213F038582
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A62 in Leeds, 19 June 1994
80 m awayRef 199413CA25294
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A62 in Leeds, 14 July 2007
80 m awayRef 2007130603107
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A62 in Leeds, 1 August 1995
80 m awayRef 199513CB27695
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CB500XA
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 471 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB500XA)
- 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 2019136770741 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 2019.