On a February afternoon in Rodley, on the Ring Road that threads between Calverley and the edge of Leeds, a van and a car met head-on and a four-month-old boy was caught in the wreckage. It is the kind of ordinary stretch of road people cross without thinking, and its sudden violence reminds us how thinly protected any journey can be. A child who had barely begun his life did not survive it, and the grief now rests with the family, the injured, and a community that is left asking how such a thing could happen on a road they know well. The question of how the two vehicles came together is still
Four-Month-Old Baby Dies in Leeds Head-On Crash; 54-Year-Old Van Driver Arrested and Bailed
A four-month-old boy died in hospital, and two women and a man were injured in the head-on collision.
On a February afternoon in Rodley, on the Ring Road that threads between Calverley and the edge of Leeds, a van and a car met head-on and a four-month-old boy was caught in the wreckage. It is the kind of ordinary stretch of road people cross without thinking, and its sudden violence reminds us how thinly protected any journey can be. A child who had barely begun his life did not survive it, and the grief now rests with the family, the injured, and a community that is left asking how such a thing could happen on a road they know well. The question of how the two vehicles came together is still open, and it will be answered slowly, through witnesses, footage and patient inquiry.
At about 4.55pm on Monday, February 12, a Vauxhall Vivaro van heading north and a Toyota Auris met head-on on the A1620 Ring Road, between Calverley and Rodley in Leeds. The impact produced a large fireball in the middle of the road, and highway crews closed the stretch completely while emergency teams worked the scene.
A four-month-old boy was among those in the crash. He was fighting for his life when paramedics reached him and was taken to hospital, where he died on Wednesday. Three others were also hurt and taken to hospital: two women from the Toyota and a man from the van. How badly each was hurt has not been made public, nor how the baby was related to those in the car.
The 54-year-old driver of the Vivaro was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and released on bail on Wednesday while inquiries continue. It is not yet known whether that charge has changed since the baby's death.
West Yorkshire Police's Major Collision Enquiry Team is appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage, asking anyone with information to call 101 or use the live chat on the force website. Meanwhile, people who live nearby have described the road as dangerous, saying bad driving and red lights being run are common and that officers are rarely seen there. These are the views of residents, not findings, and the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
At about 4.55pm on Monday, February 12, a Vauxhall Vivaro van heading north and a Toyota Auris met head-on on the A1620 Ring Road, on the stretch between Calverley and Rodley in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The collision produced a large fireball in the middle of the road.
A four-month-old boy was in the crash and was fighting for his life when emergency services reached him. He was taken to hospital, where he died on Wednesday.
Three other people were hurt and also taken to hospital for treatment: two women who had been in the Toyota, and a man who had been in the van. The source does not say how seriously any of them were injured, or how the baby was related to the people in the car.
Highway workers fully closed the area while emergency crews dealt with the scene. Images of the aftermath, credited to YappApp, show the road near Rodley where the crash happened.
The driver of the Vivaro, a 54-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was released on bail on Wednesday while the investigation continues. The reported arrest offence refers to serious injury, and the source does not say whether the charge has changed following the baby's death.
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses. Anyone who saw the collision, or who has footage that could help, is asked to contact the Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101. Information can also be passed on through the live chat on the force's website, quoting reference 13240081077.
On social media, some people who live nearby described the road as a dangerous one. One user said they lived close to the scene and that bad driving and red lights being run were daily occurrences, and asked when police would patrol, saying they never saw officers there. Another, who said they travel the road regularly, wrote that the van looked to have been in the wrong lane. These are comments from members of the public, not findings from the investigation.
What comes next rests with the Major Collision Enquiry Team, which is still gathering witness accounts and footage to establish how the two vehicles came to collide.
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Anyone who witnessed the collision, or who has footage that will assist this investigation is asked to contact the Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101.— West Yorkshire Police
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