A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 28 April 2002 at 15:48 involving a Nissan Almera
Five vehicles, including a Nissan Almera and a car, were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 15:48 on Sunday 28 April 2002. The 70-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera and a 64-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2002
- Sunday, 15:48
- Vehicles
- 5
- Nissan Almera and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.16504, longitude -1.44858, in the YO7 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
- 2002121180420
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- 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 28 August 2001.
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 28 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001122400610
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 2 February 1991
At the same spotRef 1991120330435
Slight
Bedford Midi crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 12 January 1992
At the same spotRef 1992120120106
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 15 August 2003
At the same spotRef 2003122270545
Serious
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 15 January 2000
At the same spotRef 2000120150080
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 1993
At the same spotRef 1993120970709
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,367 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,156 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 5: Porsche 911
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Nova)
- 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 2002121180420 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.