Serious A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 13 May 2002 at 22:26 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 22:26 on Monday 13 May 2002. The 55-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 May 2002
- Monday, 22:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29319, longitude -0.41299, in the YO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northstead, North Yorkshire, YO12 7NB area accident hotspot. 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
- 2002121331022
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 165
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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 August 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 12 August 1984
At the same spotRef 198412D055084
Slight
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 1 April 1981
20 m awayRef 198112D028681
Serious
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 29 January 1982
20 m awayRef 198212D007982
Slight
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 29 February 1988
22 m awayRef 1988128036184
Serious
Opel Ascona crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 1992
30 m awayRef 1992122660089
Slight
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 8 July 1980
32 m awayRef 198012D069880
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2002121331022 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.