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A59 crash in York on 21 August 2003 at 14:22 involving a Vauxhall Corsavan

A Vauxhall Corsavan and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A59 in York at 14:22 on Thursday 21 August 2003. A 21-year-old female passenger in the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 2003
Thursday, 14:22
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsavan and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95401, longitude -1.09386, in the YO24 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
2003122330558
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1036

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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 31 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsavan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 2003122330558 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 2003.