A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 28 January 2000 at 14:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 14:50 on Friday 28 January 2000. The 66-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 58-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 2000
- Friday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76914, longitude -0.97359, in the YO8 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000120280488
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2008.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 26 November 2008
22 m awayRef 2008120142085
Serious
Jaguar Sovereign crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 17 January 2004
50 m awayRef 2004120170701
Serious
Triumph Sprint ST crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 16 November 2006
58 m awayRef 2006123200055
Slight
Lorry crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 12 July 1979
71 m awayRef 197912A117279
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 17 October 1995
112 m awayRef 1995122900763
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 7 June 1994
112 m awayRef 1994121580835
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2000120280488 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.