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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire LS25 on 4 December 2001 at 19:19 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 19:19 on Tuesday 4 December 2001. The 76-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2001
Tuesday, 19:19
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79186, longitude -1.25007, in the LS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sherburn in Elmet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, LS25 6HY area accident hotspot. 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
2001123380811
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2001123380811 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 2001.