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Serious A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 December 1997 at 18:01 involving a BMW 3 Series

A vehicle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 18:01 on Wednesday 17 December 1997. The 33-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 18:01
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.34688, longitude -1.32925, in the DL6 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997123510797
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 1997123510797 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.