A59 crash in York on 3 October 2020 at 10:03 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1, a Volkswagen T-Roc and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A59 in York at 10:03 on Saturday 3 October 2020. The 36-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2020
- Saturday, 10:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C1 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98217, longitude -1.2045, in the YO26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020122001068
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1997.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A59 in York, 18 October 1997
34 m awayRef 1997122910149
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A59 in York, 9 February 2003
34 m awayRef 2003120400511
Slight
ERF crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 15 December 1994
50 m awayRef 1994123490259
Slight
Case IH crash on the A59 in York, 9 August 2006
56 m awayRef 2006122210684
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 17 November 1995
108 m awayRef 1995123210124
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 3 June 1998
108 m awayRef 1998121540721
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen T-Roc
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2020122001068 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.