A6068 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 January 2001 at 12:22 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire at 12:22 on Friday 26 January 2001. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2001
- Friday, 12:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88768, longitude -2.038, in the BD22 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001120260356
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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 11 December 1995.
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 11 December 1995
At the same spotRef 1995123450126
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 3 April 1996
At the same spotRef 1996120940371
Serious
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 10 September 1979
30 m awayRef 197912B140379
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 2011
40 m awayRef 2011120162352
Slight
Minibus crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 23 May 1984
40 m awayRef 198412B050584
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 1992
50 m awayRef 1992121060690
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2001120260356 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 2001.