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Serious A59 crash in York on 4 May 1979 at 15:22 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A59 in York at 15:22 on Friday 4 May 1979. The 33-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 May 1979
Friday, 15:22
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9629, longitude -1.11655, in the YO26 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197912A073579
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197912A073579 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 1979.