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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO8 on 29 May 1998 at 17:40 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 17:40 on Friday 29 May 1998. The 23-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 1998
Friday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76548, longitude -1.07534, in the YO8 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998121490771
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

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 1998121490771 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.