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Serious A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 June 1998 at 10:05 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 10:05 on Saturday 20 June 1998. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 1998
Saturday, 10:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volvo
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96858, longitude -1.99692, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998121710259
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6131

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, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 28 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,731 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 1998121710259 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.