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Serious A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 December 1994 at 13:59 involving a Freight Rover Sherpa van

A Freight Rover Sherpa van, a Renault 19 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 13:59 on Saturday 3 December 1994. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1994
Saturday, 13:59
Vehicles
3
Freight Rover Sherpa and 2 others
Casualties
7
2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.03488, longitude -1.1648, in the YO30 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994123370443
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1994123370443 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1994.