A1079 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 18 March 2010 at 12:35 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, an Audi A3 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 12:35 on Thursday 18 March 2010. The 39-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra, the 45-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 and the 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 2010
- Thursday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94873, longitude -0.90183, in the YO41 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pocklington Provincial, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO41 5LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010160C01681
- 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
- 1079
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2014.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 16 December 2014
38 m awayRef 2014160C08891
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 14 February 2013
40 m awayRef 2013160C00751
Fatal
Skoda Octavia crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 12 May 2003
45 m awayRef 200316C035503
Serious
Car crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 2 December 1982
58 m awayRef 198216M121043
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 6 February 2022
82 m awayRef 2022161140654
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 28 August 2001
95 m awayRef 200116C073801
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2010160C01681 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 2010.