Serious B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 January 2002 at 14:45 involving an MG MGF
An MG MGF, a Citroen ZX and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 14:45 on Wednesday 30 January 2002. The 20-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 was seriously injured and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 106 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
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- MG MGF and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00452, longitude -2.04574, in the BD23 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120300488
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2004.
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 30 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004123650738
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2003
At the same spotRef 2003122650543
Serious
Bedford crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 5 December 2002
At the same spotRef 2002123390297
Serious
BMW R 1200 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 23 July 2016
76 m awayRef 2016120131108
Slight
Harley-Davidson FLHR crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 14 June 2003
100 m awayRef 2003121650560
Slight
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 2 June 1983
100 m awayRef 198312B068783
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: MG MGF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2002120300488 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 2002.