Serious A1039 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 December 2007 at 12:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire at 12:00 on Monday 17 December 2007. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 2007
- Monday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2001, longitude -0.38804, in the YO11 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007123510201
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1039
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 20 April 2017
19 m awayRef 2017120067489
Slight
BMW M1 crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 13 May 2024
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Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 22 December 2020
26 m awayRef 2020122001356
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 7 January 1998
64 m awayRef 1998120070624
Slight
Car crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 27 July 1989
64 m awayRef 1989121020906
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 4 December 1994
64 m awayRef 1994123380343
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2007123510201 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.