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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO18 on 3 May 1997 at 08:17 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 08:17 on Saturday 3 May 1997. The 22-year-old male driver and a 26-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 May 1997
Saturday, 08:17
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Defender
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.33977, longitude -0.76871, in the YO18 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
1997121230180
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 532 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    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 1997121230180 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.