Unclassified road crash in York YO1 on 26 January 2002 at 14:48 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in York at 14:48 on Saturday 26 January 2002. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2002
- Saturday, 14:48
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95655, longitude -1.08405, in the YO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of York. It is one of the crashes that make up the Micklegate, York, YO1 6DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120260517
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 1988.
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Scania crash on an unclassified road in York, 26 April 1997
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Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in York, 8 April 2017
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Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in York, 15 November 1985
60 m awayRef 1985125351700
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
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 2002120260517 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 2002.