After 2 miles (3.2 km) it meets the A64 at the congested grade separated Grimston Bar roundabout and gains primary status.

[5] Plans for a bypass, of Shiptonthorpe were put forward in the 1989 Roads for Prosperity white paper, but were later dropped.

A new roundabout junction was constructed on the A1079 around 2011 for the Swift Leisure group caravan factory north of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Here the A1079 loses its primary status as it heads into the centre of Kingston upon Hull as Beverley Road and later, Ferensway.

[16] A local campaign group Action Access A1079 (AAA1079) propose that in the long-term, more of the road be made dual carriageway to help combat these problems.

[14] In the European Road Assessment Programme survey, which gives all major roads in Europe a safety rating, the A1079 is categorised as 'Medium-high risk' between Market Weighton and Hull, and 'Low-medium risk' between York and Market Weighton.

[17] The Market Weighton-Hull section was also identified in a EuroRAP report in June 2007 as being one of the 10 most dangerous roads in the UK, with 69 fatal or serious collisions between 2003 and 2005.