A171 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 March 2002 at 08:03 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire at 08:03 on Tuesday 5 March 2002. The 46-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2002
- Tuesday, 08:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.42141, longitude -0.58976, in the YO22 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120640100
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 171
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1416
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 serious injury crash on 12 April 1993.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 12 April 1993
At the same spotRef 1993121020394
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 28 July 1995
At the same spotRef 1995122090786
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 12 April 1993
At the same spotRef 1993121040030
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 2001
100 m awayRef 2001121050469
Serious
Fiat 1050 crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 20 October 1990
102 m awayRef 1990122930230
Serious
Car crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 13 April 1989
106 m awayRef 1989128293604
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2002120640100 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.