Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire on 16 December 2001 at 12:55 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 12:55 on Sunday 16 December 2001. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 2001; Sunday, 12:55
Vehicles: 1; Renault Megane
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2001123500345
Council area: North Yorkshire
Police force: North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
Manoeuvre
Reversing
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years
Engine capacity
1,598 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
3 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Pedestrian location
In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 2001123500345 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.