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Unclassified road crash in York YO30 on 21 November 2004 at 01:10 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on an unclassified road in York at 01:10 on Sunday 21 November 2004. An 18-year-old male passenger, the 40-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2004
Sunday, 01:10
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98757, longitude -1.08642, in the YO30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004123260037
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
42%
Estimated chance it was slight
58%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 2004123260037 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.