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Serious unclassified road crash in York YO31 on 3 March 1999 at 15:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 15:15 on Wednesday 3 March 1999. The 56-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Mar 1999
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96471, longitude -1.05887, in the YO31 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999120620649
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 1999120620649 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 1999.