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A1079 crash in York on 10 August 1995 at 08:53 involving a Ford Granada

A motor scooter and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A1079 in York at 08:53 on Thursday 10 August 1995. A 21-year-old female passenger on the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Aug 1995
Thursday, 08:53
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95498, longitude -1.05515, in the YO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995122220120
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1079
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

    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 1995122220120 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 1995.