Serious A63 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 3 September 2024 at 11:23 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and a Mercedes Sprinter lorry were involved in a crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 11:23 on Tuesday 3 September 2024. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Sep 2024
- Tuesday, 11:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X5 and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76196, longitude -0.61428, in the HU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Cave.
Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024161486902
- Council area
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2008.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 17 January 2008
12 m awayRef 2008160C00470
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 4 November 2007
22 m awayRef 2007160C07340
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 23 March 1979
48 m awayRef 197916M010121
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 95XF crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 23 February 2004
85 m awayRef 2004160C01260
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 13 February 1998
97 m awayRef 199816E140071
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 24 November 1980
111 m awayRef 198016L020616
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024161486902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2024.