A168 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 June 2002 at 08:35 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Fiat Brava and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire at 08:35 on Tuesday 25 June 2002. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 19-year-old male driver of the Fiat Brava and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Brava were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2002
- Tuesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29057, longitude -1.38699, in the DL6 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002121760116
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 168
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 May 2003.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 24 May 2003
50 m awayRef 2003121440980
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 24 March 2018
51 m awayRef 2018120050229
Fatal
Kawasaki crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 13 March 1997
51 m awayRef 1997120720783
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A167 in North Yorkshire, 12 November 1999
54 m awayRef 1999123160239
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 15 March 1999
90 m awayRef 1999120740133
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 17 June 2016
91 m awayRef 2016120106787
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2002121760116 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.