Bus crashes into busy Leeds shopping centre

Date: 09/11/2026 Byline/Credit: YappApp 07479 723877 Location: Albion Street, Leeds HORRIFIED SHOPPERS ESCAPE DEATH as bus mounts kerb and ploughs into building in Leeds city centre A bus careered off the road and slammed into a building on The Headrow this afternoon ??? narrowly missing shoppers outside The Light. Officers were called at around 4.37pm after the vehicle mounted the kerb in the busy city centre. No serious injuries have been reported. Merrion Street is closed while the bus is recovered. Drivers are being told to avoid the area and find another route. Albion Street is also shut between The Headrow and Great George Street. Chaos for traffic and shoppers in the heart of Leeds. Were you nearby? Drop what you saw below. Minimum per use, irrespective of any previous use: Fee: ??150 print / ??50 Internet use Byline: YappApp

A bus crashed through the bollards and into The Light in Leeds this afternoon, narrowly missing shoppers.

The bus mounted the kerb before colliding with the leisure complex along The Headrow at around 4.35pm.

Footage from the scene shared by the citizen news outlet YappApp shows the vehicle facing Coffee Boy, with Albion Street cordoned off.

Date: 09/11/2026 Byline/Credit: YappApp 07479 723877 Location: Albion Street, Leeds HORRIFIED SHOPPERS ESCAPE DEATH as bus mounts kerb and ploughs into building in Leeds city centre A bus careered off the road and slammed into a building on The Headrow this afternoon ??? narrowly missing shoppers outside The Light. Officers were called at around 4.37pm after the vehicle mounted the kerb in the busy city centre. No serious injuries have been reported. Merrion Street is closed while the bus is recovered. Drivers are being told to avoid the area and find another route. Albion Street is also shut between The Headrow and Great George Street. Chaos for traffic and shoppers in the heart of Leeds. Were you nearby? Drop what you saw below. Minimum per use, irrespective of any previous use: Fee: ??150 print / ??50 Internet use Byline: YappApp
Date: 09/11/2026 Byline/Credit: YappApp 07479 723877 Location: Albion Street, Leeds HORRIFIED SHOPPERS ESCAPE DEATH as bus mounts kerb and ploughs into building in Leeds city centre A bus careered off the road and slammed into a building on The Headrow this afternoon ??? narrowly missing shoppers outside The Light. Officers were called at around 4.37pm after the vehicle mounted the kerb in the busy city centre. No serious injuries have been reported. Merrion Street is closed while the bus is recovered. Drivers are being told to avoid the area and find another route. Albion Street is also shut between The Headrow and Great George Street. Chaos for traffic and shoppers in the heart of Leeds. Were you nearby? Drop what you saw below. Minimum per use, irrespective of any previous use: Fee: ??150 print / ??50 Internet use Byline: YappApp

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Paramedics treated six people on chairs outside the nearby Turtle Bay restaurant.

One shopper was taken to Leeds General Infirmary for further treatment.

Connecting Leeds Travel Info  on X: ‘Albion Street closed in Leeds city centre between the junctions with the Headrow and Great George Street due to road traffic collision.’

West Yorkshire Police have been approached for comment.

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