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A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 29 December 2002 at 19:22 involving a Mercedes Vito van

A Mercedes Vito van and a car were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 19:22 on Sunday 29 December 2002. A 37-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2002
Sunday, 19:22
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Vito and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87133, longitude -1.04789, in the YO19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cawood & Escrick, North Yorkshire, YO19 6UQ 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
2002123630549
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
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 22 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2002123630549 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 2002.