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A659 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 April 2001 at 19:40 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series crashed on the A659 in North Yorkshire at 19:40 on Thursday 5 April 2001. The 23-year-old female driver 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
5 Apr 2001
Thursday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Rover 100 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88886, longitude -1.23769, in the LS24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8EB area accident hotspot. 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
2001120950816
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
659
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
64

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, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

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 2001120950816 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.