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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO18 on 4 December 1997 at 07:20 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 07:20 on Thursday 4 December 1997. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 1997
Thursday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.25844, longitude -0.7696, in the YO18 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997123380101
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 1997123380101 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.