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A19 crash in York on 19 December 1996 at 16:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A minibus, a BMW 3 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A19 in York at 16:30 on Thursday 19 December 1996. A 70-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and the 21-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1996
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
3
BMW 3 Series and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95608, longitude -1.08118, in the YO1 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
1996123540656
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Dual carriageway
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, 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 4 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

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 1996123540656 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 1996.