B6161 crash in North Yorkshire on 31 January 2002 at 07:35 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire at 07:35 on Thursday 31 January 2002. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2002
- Thursday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.93839, longitude -1.64351, in the LS21 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120310096
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6161
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 1 August 1986
63 m awayRef 1986126147264
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 16 April 1999
73 m awayRef 1999121060191
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 18 April 2009
73 m awayRef 2009120064504
Serious
Car crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 13 October 1985
85 m awayRef 1985125281768
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 5 September 2003
89 m awayRef 2003122480774
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 12 December 1991
100 m awayRef 1991123460449
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2002120310096 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.