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A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 April 1997 at 13:45 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 13:45 on Friday 25 April 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 1997
Friday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Citroen BX
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79296, longitude -1.02691, in the YO8 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997121150437
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
63
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1997121150437 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.