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A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 13 January 1997 at 19:34 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 19:34 on Monday 13 January 1997. The 52-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jan 1997
Monday, 19:34
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24873, longitude -1.03617, in the YO62 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997120130821
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
170
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1997120130821 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 1997.