A64 crash in York on 21 September 2020 at 12:10 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia, a Scania lorry and a DS DS3 were involved in a crash on the A64 in York at 12:10 on Monday 21 September 2020. The 58-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2020
- Monday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Octavia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97994, longitude -1.01958, in the YO19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020122000906
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 96 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1997.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A64 in York, 1 September 1997
96 m awayRef 1997122440273
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A64 in York, 11 June 2012
98 m awayRef 2012120093798
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A64 in York, 10 July 2005
118 m awayRef 2005121910307
Serious
Mercedes B Class crash on the A64 in York, 4 August 2017
156 m awayRef 2017120137557
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A64 in York, 1 March 2024
177 m awayRef 2024122400395
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A64 in York, 3 July 2009
192 m awayRef 2009120112596
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,740 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: DS DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Scania)
- 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 2020122000906 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.