A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 July 2001 at 12:33 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 12:33 on Tuesday 3 July 2001. All seven casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2001
- Tuesday, 12:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and car
- Casualties
- 7
- 7 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23178, longitude -1.17309, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001121840421
- 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
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 June 2003.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 2003
71 m awayRef 2003121720524
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 4 January 1998
71 m awayRef 1998120040121
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 1995
100 m awayRef 1995122680085
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 7 August 1996
141 m awayRef 1996122200896
Slight
Car crash on the A1700 in North Yorkshire, 25 June 2002
141 m awayRef 2002121760629
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 4 April 2015
166 m awayRef 2015120054585
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 7: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2001121840421 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.