Serious A1238 crash in North Yorkshire on 23 June 2007 at 15:37 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A1238 in North Yorkshire at 15:37 on Saturday 23 June 2007. All four casualties were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jun 2007
- Saturday, 15:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZR and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77344, longitude -1.13008, in the YO8 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
- 2007121740504
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1238
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 20 December 1982
32 m awayRef 198212A224082
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 1980
36 m awayRef 198012A169980
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 21 July 1992
67 m awayRef 1992122030479
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 15 February 2002
92 m awayRef 2002120460727
Serious
Car crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 1 August 1983
168 m awayRef 198312A128683
Slight
Renault Espace crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 5 November 1994
170 m awayRef 1994123090784
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2007121740504 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 2007.