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A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 October 1997 at 16:26 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 16:26 on Friday 10 October 1997. The 10-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1997
Friday, 16:26
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23236, longitude -1.34169, in the YO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thirsk. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997122830741
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1997122830741 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.