A642 crash in Leeds on 4 June 2025 at 17:32 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4, a BMW X3 and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A642 in Leeds at 17:32 on Wednesday 4 June 2025. The 29-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Wednesday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75612, longitude -1.4424, in the LS26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rothwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 8SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leeds
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025131598762
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dry
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A642 in Leeds, 10 May 1993
4 m awayRef 199313CA19093
Slight
Car crash on the A642 in Leeds, 21 November 1986
4 m awayRef 198613CC27886
Serious
Lorry crash on the A642 in Leeds, 10 April 1987
4 m awayRef 198713CC07487
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the A642 in Leeds, 6 January 2002
6 m awayRef 2002130023202
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A642 in Leeds, 8 July 2000
6 m awayRef 2000130629200
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A639 in Leeds, 27 November 1990
9 m awayRef 199013CC26390
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025131598762 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 2025.