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Serious A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 May 1997 at 14:18 involving a Foden lorry

A Foden lorry and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 14:18 on Wednesday 14 May 1997. The 54-year-old male driver of the Foden lorry was seriously injured and the 66-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry 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
Serious
Date
14 May 1997
Wednesday, 14:18
Vehicles
2
Foden and Scania
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98849, longitude -1.4616, in the HG5 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
1997121340600
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
658
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Foden

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Foden)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 1997121340600 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.