A59 crash in York on 7 November 2002 at 04:46 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A59 in York at 04:46 on Thursday 7 November 2002. The 29-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2002
- Thursday, 04:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96149, longitude -1.13196, in the YO26 postcode district and within the built-up area of York. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acomb, York, YO26 5NU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002123110048
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2002.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A59 in York, 10 May 2002
10 m awayRef 2002121300781
Serious
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in York, 25 March 1990
14 m awayRef 1990120850008
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A59 in York, 5 October 2001
14 m awayRef 2001122780610
Slight
Scania crash on an unclassified road in York, 15 December 1998
14 m awayRef 1998123490260
Slight
MBK Nitro crash on the A59 in York, 20 November 2002
14 m awayRef 2002123240882
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in York, 18 May 1999
20 m awayRef 1999121380029
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 29, 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 2002123110048 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.