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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire BD23 on 30 July 1997 at 14:00 involving a Proton Proton

A Proton Proton hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 14:00 on Wednesday 30 July 1997. An 8-year-old male pedestrian 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
Slight
Date
30 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Proton Proton
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13484, longitude -2.03823, in the BD23 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
1997122390769
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 1997122390769 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.