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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG3 on 10 July 1997 at 09:23 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro and a Triumph Herald were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 09:23 on Thursday 10 July 1997. The 48-year-old female driver of the Triumph Herald and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Herald were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jul 1997
Thursday, 09:23
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and Triumph Herald
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95693, longitude -1.54583, in the HG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pannal. 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
1997121910181
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Herald

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Herald)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Herald)

    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 1997121910181 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.