A64 crash in York on 27 October 2016 at 13:29 involving a Volvo V70
Four vehicles, including a Volvo V70 and a Ford Transit van, were involved in a crash on the A64 in York at 13:29 on Thursday 27 October 2016. The 89-year-old male driver of the Volvo V70 and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Seat Arosa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2016
- Thursday, 13:29
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volvo V70 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00463, longitude -1.00909, in the YO32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120195295
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2007.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A64 in York, 1 January 2007
6 m awayRef 2007120010562
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 19 November 1982
24 m awayRef 198212A198982
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A64 in York, 29 August 1999
29 m awayRef 1999122410537
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 24 April 1983
34 m awayRef 198312A067883
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A64 in York, 16 November 2004
37 m awayRef 2004123210679
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 15 December 1993
38 m awayRef 1993123490657
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 89 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Seat Arosa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Seat Arosa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016120195295 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 2016.