A1079 crash in York on 30 October 2014 at 08:34 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A1079 in York at 08:34 on Thursday 30 October 2014. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2014
- Thursday, 08:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95476, longitude -0.97263, in the YO19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014120187224
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- C
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2018.
Slight
Smart Roadster crash on the A1079 in York, 1 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018121800083
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in York, 9 July 2010
4 m awayRef 2010120114217
Slight
Vauxhall Signum crash on the A1079 in York, 3 September 2010
4 m awayRef 2010120151800
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1079 in York, 15 April 2005
12 m awayRef 2005121050088
Serious
Van crash on the A1079 in North Yorkshire, 26 July 1982
17 m awayRef 198212A118782
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A1079 in York, 22 October 2025
20 m awayRef 2025122501177
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2014120187224 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 2014.