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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire DL7 on 13 December 1997 at 16:45 involving a Daihatsu Sportrak

A Daihatsu Sportrak hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 16:45 on Saturday 13 December 1997. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 1997
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Sportrak
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.33513, longitude -1.50015, in the DL7 postcode district. 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
1997123470688
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 316 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Sportrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Sportrak)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1997123470688 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.