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A59 crash in York on 2 November 2004 at 03:08 involving a Mercedes E Class taxi

A Mercedes E Class taxi crashed on the A59 in York at 03:08 on Tuesday 2 November 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 2004
Tuesday, 03:08
Vehicles
1
Mercedes E Class
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97563, longitude -1.17512, in the YO26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004123070041
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
53%
Estimated chance it was slight
47%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

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 2004123070041 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 2004.