A1237 crash in York on 17 December 2012 at 07:45 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry, a Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A1237 in York at 07:45 on Monday 17 December 2012. The 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2012
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- DAF Trucks and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98617, longitude -1.12484, in the YO30 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120211933
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1237
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2003.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A1237 in York, 7 December 2003
18 m awayRef 2003123410477
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1237 in York, 13 January 1998
21 m awayRef 1998120130280
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1237 in York, 15 October 1997
21 m awayRef 1997122880860
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1237 in York, 23 December 1996
21 m awayRef 1996123580825
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A1237 in York, 8 March 2009
39 m awayRef 2009120038861
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A1237 in York, 9 August 2013
39 m awayRef 2013120135829
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2012120211933 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 2012.