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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG2 on 9 September 1998 at 09:30 involving a Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki Swift and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 09:30 on Wednesday 9 September 1998. The 23-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Swift and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97845, longitude -1.53111, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998122520164
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)

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 1998122520164 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.