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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG3 on 26 January 1997 at 11:30 involving a Vauxhall Frontera

A Vauxhall Frontera, a Vauxhall Astra and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 11:30 on Sunday 26 January 1997. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jan 1997
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Frontera and 2 others
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14011, longitude -1.82394, in the HG3 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997120300351
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 serious injury crash on 20 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Frontera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1997120300351 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.