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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire DL6 on 6 December 1995 at 16:06 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 16:06 on Wednesday 6 December 1995. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 16:06
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.3411, longitude -1.42778, in the DL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northallerton. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995123400561
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1995123400561 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.