A1079 crash in Kingston upon Hull on 21 November 2012 at 20:47 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull at 20:47 on Wednesday 21 November 2012. The 18-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf, the 24-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 20:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78679, longitude -0.36213, in the HU6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Hull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orchard Park, Kingston upon Hull, HU6 9JY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012160D07761
- Council area
- Kingston upon Hull
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2014.
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 9 April 2014
1 m awayRef 2014160D02301
Slight
Toyota Proace crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 20 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025161644131
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 13 April 2015
1 m awayRef 2015160D01681
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 4 May 2019
3 m awayRef 2019160836722
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 15 August 2003
4 m awayRef 2003160D10770
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 18 January 2008
4 m awayRef 2008160D00290
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2012160D07761 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Hull road accident statistics for 2012.