A1237 crash in York on 18 March 2017 at 13:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A1237 in York at 13:20 on Saturday 18 March 2017. The 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was 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
- 18 Mar 2017
- Saturday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.992, longitude -1.10894, in the YO30 postcode district and within the built-up area of York. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rawcliffe & Clifton Without, York, YO30 5XX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120045782
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1237
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2004.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1237 in York, 28 December 2004
34 m awayRef 2004123630327
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in York, 28 January 1998
34 m awayRef 1998120290272
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A1237 in North Yorkshire, 29 January 1995
34 m awayRef 1995120380468
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1237 in York, 4 December 2018
51 m awayRef 2018121900219
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A1237 in York, 4 April 2012
52 m awayRef 2012120055354
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A1237 in York, 23 December 1999
54 m awayRef 1999123570235
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017120045782 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 2017.