Serious A174 crash in North Yorkshire on 1 February 2002 at 15:22 involving a Ferrari
A Ferrari crashed on the A174 in North Yorkshire at 15:22 on Friday 1 February 2002. The 32-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 22-year-old male passenger 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
- 1 Feb 2002
- Friday, 15:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ferrari
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.49395, longitude -0.64594, in the YO21 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120320570
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 174
- 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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A174 in North Yorkshire, 12 September 1986
100 m awayRef 1986126167395
Slight
Car crash on the A174 in North Yorkshire, 8 April 2008
117 m awayRef 2008120990188
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A174 in North Yorkshire, 1 June 2009
120 m awayRef 2009120092473
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 18 May 2022
158 m awayRef 2022122200687
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A174 in North Yorkshire, 21 September 1986
158 m awayRef 1986126173349
Serious
Triumph Acclaim crash on the A174 in North Yorkshire, 14 August 1990
182 m awayRef 1990122260136
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ferrari
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,942 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ferrari)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ferrari)
- 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 2002120320570 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.