A6108 crash in North Yorkshire on 22 May 2002 at 12:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire at 12:00 on Wednesday 22 May 2002. The 63-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2002
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29874, longitude -1.82249, in the DL8 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002121420440
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6108
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 66 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 December 2024.
Serious
Volvo XC90 crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 26 December 2024
66 m awayRef 2024122500167
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 9 July 1994
71 m awayRef 1994121900503
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 25 February 1990
71 m awayRef 1990120600016
Slight
Car crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 23 August 1985
86 m awayRef 1985125245955
Serious
Car crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 29 August 1982
94 m awayRef 198212C087982
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 28 December 2001
158 m awayRef 2001123620937
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2002121420440 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.