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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO8 on 20 May 1998 at 19:36 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 19:36 on Wednesday 20 May 1998. The 8-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 May 1998
Wednesday, 19:36
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7857, longitude -1.07459, in the YO8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Selby. 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
1998121400930
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, on vehicle 2 (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 1998121400930 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 1998.