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A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 September 2000 at 09:17 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 09:17 on Thursday 21 September 2000. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, a 52-year-old male passenger in the Scania lorry and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Scania lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2000
Thursday, 09:17
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Scania
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86504, longitude -1.31111, in the LS24 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
2000122650098
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
659

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 slight injury crash on 29 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    8,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    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 2000122650098 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.