A629 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 October 2001 at 11:20 involving a Toyota Avensis
Six vehicles, including a Toyota Avensis and a Ford Mondeo, were involved in a crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire at 11:20 on Wednesday 24 October 2001. A 38-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit van, a 60-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and the 71-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis were 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
- 24 Oct 2001
- Wednesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 6
- Toyota Avensis and 5 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92543, longitude -2.00301, in the BD20 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001122970347
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 629
- 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
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 June 1991.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 3 June 1991
At the same spotRef 1991121540052
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 8 April 1994
At the same spotRef 1994120980781
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 24 August 1990
At the same spotRef 1990122360671
Slight
Datsun Bluebird crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 23 August 1997
At the same spotRef 1997122350310
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 1995
At the same spotRef 1995121050673
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 2 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002121830167
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 5: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 6: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
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 2001122970347 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.