A1079 crash in Kingston upon Hull on 15 August 2003 at 11:01 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull at 11:01 on Friday 15 August 2003. The 88-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2003
- Friday, 11:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7868, longitude -0.36219, in the HU6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Hull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orchard Park, Kingston upon Hull, HU6 9JY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003160D10770
- Council area
- Kingston upon Hull
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 18 January 2008.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 18 January 2008
At the same spotRef 2008160D00290
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Ford Mondeo crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 4 May 2019
1 m awayRef 2019160836722
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 14 December 2014
2 m awayRef 2014160D08551
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 22 September 2021
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Toyota Proace crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 20 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025161644131
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 8 November 2015
3 m awayRef 2015160D07701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 88 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
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 2003160D10770 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Hull road accident statistics for 2003.