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Serious B1243 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 3 November 1997 at 17:15 involving a Citroen Synergie

A Citroen Synergie and a car were involved in a crash on the B1243 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 17:15 on Monday 3 November 1997. The 18-year-old male driver of the Citroen Synergie was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 1997
Monday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Citroen Synergie and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86289, longitude -0.25614, in the HU11 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199716C130627
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1243
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 262 metres away, was a fatal crash on 17 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Synergie

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Synergie)

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 199716C130627 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 1997.