A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 May 2002 at 18:00 involving a Citroen AX
Two Citroen AX cars and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 18:00 on Tuesday 14 May 2002. The 30-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 30-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2002
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen AX and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95415, longitude -2.09902, in the BD23 postcode district. 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
- 2002121340691
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2003.
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 23 June 2003
At the same spotRef 2003121740490
Serious
Yamaha FZ1 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 1 May 2018
21 m awayRef 2018120074823
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 8 November 2010
89 m awayRef 2010120193164
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 29 February 2008
92 m awayRef 2008120600351
Slight
ERF crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 22 April 1992
100 m awayRef 1992121130394
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 5 February 1979
219 m awayRef 197912B021579
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 2002121340691 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.