Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO13 on 28 January 2001 at 15:36 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 15:36 on Sunday 28 January 2001. An 87-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender, the 55-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jan 2001
- Sunday, 15:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Defender and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29242, longitude -0.62797, in the YO13 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001120280396
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Frost or ice
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2001120280396 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.