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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire TS15 on 7 February 1998 at 08:45 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 08:45 on Saturday 7 February 1998. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1998
Saturday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.45785, longitude -1.24876, in the TS15 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
1998120380144
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

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 1998120380144 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 1998.