A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 September 2001 at 07:30 involving a Nissan Micra
Eight vehicles, including a Nissan Micra and a Fiat Cinquecento, were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 07:30 on Thursday 27 September 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2001
- Thursday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 8
- Nissan Micra and 7 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89943, longitude -1.20401, in the LS24 postcode district. 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
- 2001122700068
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 July 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 6 July 1985
At the same spotRef 1985125210714
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 19 January 1982
10 m awayRef 198212A009782
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 19 April 2014
26 m awayRef 2014120062187
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 23 July 2011
36 m awayRef 2011120122551
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 31 August 1980
40 m awayRef 198012A153380
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 20 September 1997
50 m awayRef 1997122630660
Vehicles involved (8)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 5: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 6: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 7: Seat Alhambra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 8: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Cinquecento)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 8 (Car)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (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 2001122700068 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.