A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 1 December 2001 at 18:25 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 18:25 on Saturday 1 December 2001. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2001
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00522, longitude -2.22272, in the BD23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mid Craven, North Yorkshire, BD23 4JZ area accident hotspot. 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
- 2001123350781
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 65
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 2001.
Serious
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 9 July 2001
At the same spotRef 2001121900341
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 28 April 2016
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Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 18 July 2006
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Serious
Volkswagen Urban crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 27 May 2007
50 m awayRef 2007121470370
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 29 June 2025
52 m awayRef 2025122501079
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 13 July 2025
68 m awayRef 2025122500799
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2001123350781 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.