A1079 crash in York on 23 December 1998 at 15:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series hit a pedestrian on the A1079 in York at 15:50 on Wednesday 23 December 1998. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1998; Wednesday, 15:50
Vehicles: 1; Rover 200 Series
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1998123570785
Council area: York
Police force: North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1079
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
54 years
Engine capacity
1,396 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
1 year

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1998123570785 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 1998.