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Unclassified road crash in York YO30 on 28 December 1997 at 15:56 involving a Rover Maestro

A Rover Maestro and a Hyundai Pony were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 15:56 on Sunday 28 December 1997. The 40-year-old male driver of the Rover Maestro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1997
Sunday, 15:56
Vehicles
2
Rover Maestro and Hyundai Pony
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99042, longitude -1.1062, in the YO30 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
1997123620373
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 21 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

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 1997123620373 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 1997.