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Serious A6131 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 June 1997 at 21:05 involving an Austin Mini

An Austin Mini crashed on the A6131 in North Yorkshire at 21:05 on Monday 30 June 1997. The 20-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jun 1997
Monday, 21:05
Vehicles
1
Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94071, longitude -2.01215, in the BD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Skipton. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997121810818
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6131
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

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 1997121810818 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.