Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 September 2001 at 22:36 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 22:36 on Tuesday 25 September 2001. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Sep 2001
- Tuesday, 22:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.09548, longitude -0.87915, in the YO60 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001122680840
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 8 February 2002.
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 8 February 2002
At the same spotRef 2002120390780
Fatal
Rover 400 Series crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 26 December 2002
At the same spotRef 2002123600453
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 28 May 1991
At the same spotRef 1991121480683
Slight
Lorry crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 19 December 1979
10 m awayRef 197912D138979
Slight
BMW 6 Series crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 19 October 2013
21 m awayRef 2013120181947
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 22 January 2025
30 m awayRef 2025122501075
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2001122680840 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.