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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG5 on 5 February 2019 at 10:50 involving a Volkswagen UP

A Volkswagen UP hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 10:50 on Tuesday 5 February 2019. A 53-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 2019
Tuesday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen UP
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00742, longitude -1.46822, in the HG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knaresborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knaresborough West, North Yorkshire, HG5 0ER area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019121900271
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    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 2019121900271 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 2019.