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A1237 crash in York on 5 March 2002 at 08:55 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A1237 in York at 08:55 on Tuesday 5 March 2002. The 57-year-old female driver of the Citroen BX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2002
Tuesday, 08:55
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97271, longitude -1.14316, in the YO26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Upper Poppleton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural West York, York, YO26 6SG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002120650531
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1237
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
A
Second road number
59

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 3 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

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 2002120650531 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.