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A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 December 1998 at 20:15 involving a Vauxhall Senator

A Vauxhall Senator, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 20:15 on Saturday 19 December 1998. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1998
Saturday, 20:15
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Senator and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73164, longitude -1.11776, 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
1998123530577
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Senator

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 1998123530577 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.