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Serious A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 December 2016 at 16:09 involving a Skoda Roomster

A Skoda Roomster hit a pedestrian on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 16:09 on Thursday 8 December 2016. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 2016
Thursday, 16:09
Vehicles
1
Skoda Roomster
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2799, longitude -0.40436, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, North Yorkshire, YO11 1JR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016120221295
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
165
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Roomster

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Roomster)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2016120221295 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2016.