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A1079 crash in Kingston upon Hull on 21 February 1998 at 16:40 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull at 16:40 on Saturday 21 February 1998. A 20-year-old female passenger in the MG Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1998
Saturday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
MG Metro and Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74884, longitude -0.34716, in the HU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Hull.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199816F130052
Council area
Kingston upon Hull
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1079
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,293 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199816F130052 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Hull road accident statistics for 1998.