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Serious A166 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 9 January 2008 at 04:47 involving a Volkswagen Transporter minibus

A Volkswagen Transporter minibus crashed on the A166 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 04:47 on Wednesday 9 January 2008. There were nine casualties: two people were seriously injured and seven were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 2008
Wednesday, 04:47
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
9
2 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00583, longitude -0.70578, in the YO25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008160C00090
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
166
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

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 2008160C00090 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2008.