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A6040 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 January 2000 at 17:55 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the A6040 in North Yorkshire at 17:55 on Wednesday 12 January 2000. The 63-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 2000
Wednesday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Leyland and London Taxis Int. TX1
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99191, longitude -1.52714, in the HG1 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
2000120120738
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6040
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 21 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

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 2000120120738 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 2000.