Serious A1079 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 25 January 2016 at 17:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a Fiat 500, were involved in a crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 17:15 on Monday 25 January 2016. The 73-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 28-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and the 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 2016
- Monday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94595, longitude -0.88185, in the YO41 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pocklington Provincial, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO41 5LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016160042063
- Council area
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 27 February 2017
4 m awayRef 2017160160516
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 18 August 2010
6 m awayRef 2010160C07491
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1 August 2007
6 m awayRef 2007160C04530
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 27 September 1993
12 m awayRef 199316C210948
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 5 January 2002
13 m awayRef 200216C000502
Slight
Mitsubishi Canter crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 21 September 2007
16 m awayRef 2007160C05720
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016160042063 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2016.