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Serious A614 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 15 August 1996 at 11:39 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia and a Mitsubishi Space Wagon were involved in a crash on the A614 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 11:39 on Thursday 15 August 1996. The 50-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Space Wagon and a 76-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Space Wagon were seriously injured and the 40-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1996
Thursday, 11:39
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xantia and Mitsubishi Space Wagon
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75449, longitude -0.84428, in the DN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Howden.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199616C210440
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
614
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,761 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Space Wagon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199616C210440 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1996.