B6270 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 December 2001 at 14:32 involving a Toyota Celica
A Toyota Celica and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire at 14:32 on Monday 3 December 2001. The 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2001
- Monday, 14:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Celica and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.37973, longitude -1.91452, in the DL11 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001123370602
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6270
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 May 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 1986
71 m awayRef 1986126076805
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 30 October 2017
152 m awayRef 2017120094805
Serious
Van crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 19 December 1984
158 m awayRef 1984124210228
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 30 September 1982
383 m awayRef 198212C101782
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 13 February 2022
405 m awayRef 2022122200452
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2021
472 m awayRef 2021122101175
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2001123370602 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.