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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO19 on 18 December 2004 at 21:08 involving a Renault Espace

A Renault Espace crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 21:08 on Saturday 18 December 2004. The 79-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 2004
Saturday, 21:08
Vehicles
1
Renault Espace
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8846, longitude -1.09049, in the YO19 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004123530700
Council area
North Yorkshire
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Espace

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)

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 2004123530700 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2004.