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A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 22 October 1998 at 22:22 involving a Volkswagen Transporter minibus

A Volkswagen Transporter minibus and a Volvo 480 were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 22:22 on Thursday 22 October 1998. A 40-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Transporter minibus, a 25-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Transporter minibus and a 33-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Transporter minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1998
Thursday, 22:22
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Transporter and Volvo 480
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90383, longitude -1.19025, in the LS24 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
1998122951148
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998122951148 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.