A629 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 March 2002 at 20:25 involving a BMW 7 Series
Four vehicles, including a BMW 7 Series and a Renault Clio, were involved in a crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire at 20:25 on Saturday 30 March 2002. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo and a 43-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2002
- Saturday, 20:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 7 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91465, longitude -1.99844, in the BD20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aire Valley, North Yorkshire, BD20 9BP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120890785
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 629
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 2003.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 7 January 2003
At the same spotRef 2003120070806
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 30 July 1990
At the same spotRef 1990122110341
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 28 April 2002
At the same spotRef 2002121180126
Slight
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 25 September 2014
35 m awayRef 2014120165118
Slight
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 9 August 1980
41 m awayRef 198012B106780
Serious
Van crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 9 December 1985
45 m awayRef 1985125367044
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,793 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,764 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 2002120890785 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.