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A629 crash in North Yorkshire on 23 August 1997 at 12:05 involving a Datsun Bluebird

A Datsun Bluebird crashed on the A629 in North Yorkshire at 12:05 on Saturday 23 August 1997. The 29-year-old female driver and a 30-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1997
Saturday, 12:05
Vehicles
1
Datsun Bluebird
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92543, longitude -2.00301, in the BD20 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997122350310
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,770 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

    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 1997122350310 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.