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Serious A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 June 1995 at 23:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Motor Caravan minibus were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 23:35 on Sunday 4 June 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jun 1995
Sunday, 23:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Motor Caravan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9959, longitude -1.251, in the YO26 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995121550720
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Motor Caravan

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1995121550720 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 1995.