A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 6 November 2001 at 21:34 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 21:34 on Tuesday 6 November 2001. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2001
- Tuesday, 21:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76637, longitude -0.96531, in the YO8 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
- 2001123101079
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 73 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 1999.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 28 August 1999
73 m awayRef 1999122400338
Serious
Van crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 20 June 1981
94 m awayRef 198112A101781
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 24 August 1990
100 m awayRef 1990122360232
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 21 September 1991
141 m awayRef 1991122640373
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 2 October 2011
148 m awayRef 2011120167603
Serious
Car crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 1981
170 m awayRef 198112A209581
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 2001123101079 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.