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Serious A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 December 1996 at 23:21 involving a Freight Rover Sherpa minibus

A motor scooter and a Freight Rover Sherpa minibus were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 23:21 on Saturday 14 December 1996. A 76-year-old female passenger on the motor scooter was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of the Freight Rover Sherpa minibus and a 72-year-old female passenger on the motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 1996
Saturday, 23:21
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and Freight Rover Sherpa
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70505, longitude -1.14377, in the DN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eggborough. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996123490717
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
645

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

  • Vehicle 2: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, 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 1996123490717 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 1996.