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Unclassified road crash in York YO30 on 30 December 2001 at 17:51 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 17:51 on Sunday 30 December 2001. A 17-year-old male passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2001
Sunday, 17:51
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97013, longitude -1.08543, in the YO30 postcode district and within the built-up area of York. It is one of the crashes that make up the Guildhall, York, YO31 7QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001123640424
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 2001123640424 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 2001.