M621 crash in Leeds on 6 July 2021 at 11:10 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on the M621 in Leeds at 11:10 on Tuesday 6 July 2021. The 20-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2021
- Tuesday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7828, longitude -1.5585, in the LS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beeston & Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 0BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021131063503
- Council area
- Leeds
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 621
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 11 December 2015
At the same spotRef 2015132CB0222
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 12 April 2018
At the same spotRef 20181354C0484
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 8 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017134380224
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 26 January 2015
1 m awayRef 20151321R0405
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the M621 in Leeds, 29 July 2025
1 m awayRef 2025131622347
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Leeds, 7 February 2018
1 m awayRef 2018135271687
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021131063503 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 2021.