B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 January 1996 at 09:57 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
Two Vauxhall Cavaliers, a Mercedes 300 van and a car were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 09:57 on Wednesday 10 January 1996. The 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 1996
- Wednesday, 09:57
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05216, longitude -2.02288, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996120100349
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2001.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 21 April 2001
At the same spotRef 2001121110552
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 27 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001122690283
Slight
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 8 July 1995
At the same spotRef 1995121890657
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 12 October 1997
At the same spotRef 1997122850234
Slight
BMW R Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 17 August 2025
27 m awayRef 2025122501255
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 2013
27 m awayRef 2013120054940
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Mercedes 300
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 1996120100349 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1996.