Serious unclassified road crash in York YO23 on 24 November 2003 at 16:51 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 16:51 on Monday 24 November 2003. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Nov 2003
- Monday, 16:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90551, longitude -1.11089, in the YO23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003123280765
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 October 2023.
Serious
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Slight
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Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in York, 23 March 2007
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Slight
Toyota Auris crash on a C road in York, 7 April 2011
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Slight
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2003123280765 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.