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Fatal unclassified road crash in York YO24 on 12 December 2004 at 17:37 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 17:37 on Sunday 12 December 2004. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Dec 2004
Sunday, 17:37
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.93902, longitude -1.12008, in the YO24 postcode district and within the built-up area of York. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe, York, YO24 2PZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004123470479
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2004123470479 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.