A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 September 2000 at 17:05 involving an Iveco van
An Iveco van and a Mercedes 200 van were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 17:05 on Monday 4 September 2000. The 31-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2000
- Monday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco and Mercedes 200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23703, longitude -1.22054, in the YO7 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
- 2000122480680
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 170
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2014.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 13 December 2014
36 m awayRef 2014120215162
Serious
Volkswagen crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 23 December 2022
39 m awayRef 2022122201515
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 20 June 2023
60 m awayRef 2023122300979
Slight
Triumph Bonneville crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 23 October 2022
75 m awayRef 2022122201323
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 2014
76 m awayRef 2014120175094
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 24 October 1991
112 m awayRef 1991122980373
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)
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 2000122480680 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.