A1079 crash in York on 17 August 2020 at 06:40 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander
A Mitsubishi Outlander and a Renault Master van were involved in a crash on the A1079 in York at 06:40 on Monday 17 August 2020. The 57-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Outlander and the 30-year-old male driver of the Renault Master van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2020
- Monday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Outlander and Renault Master
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95722, longitude -1.0041, in the YO19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Osbaldwick & Derwent, York, YO19 5LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020122000709
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2023.
Slight
Renault Kadjar crash on the A1079 in York, 21 July 2023
6 m awayRef 2023122301002
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1079 in North Yorkshire, 11 December 1985
14 m awayRef 1985125368262
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1079 in York, 24 February 2017
27 m awayRef 2017120031938
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the A1079 in York, 6 August 2020
31 m awayRef 2020122000898
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A1079 in York, 6 February 2025
33 m awayRef 2025122500401
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A1079 in York, 13 December 2013
35 m awayRef 2013120215188
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Outlander)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020122000709 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 2020.