Serious A1079 crash in Kingston upon Hull on 10 August 2018 at 20:02 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull at 20:02 on Friday 10 August 2018. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Aug 2018
- Friday, 20:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78678, longitude -0.36214, in the HU6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Hull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orchard Park, Kingston upon Hull, HU6 9JY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Hull
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018160325916
- Council area
- Kingston upon Hull
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 3 March 2016
3 m awayRef 2016160055257
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 13 April 2015
3 m awayRef 2015160D01681
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 9 April 2014
4 m awayRef 2014160D02301
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 21 November 2012
4 m awayRef 2012160D07761
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 16 May 2025
6 m awayRef 2025161591853
Slight
Toyota Proace crash on the A1079 in Kingston upon Hull, 20 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025161644131
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018160325916 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Hull road accident statistics for 2018.