Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire LS17 on 2 July 2002 at 08:17 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 08:17 on Tuesday 2 July 2002. The 25-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2002
- Tuesday, 08:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.93457, longitude -1.57424, in the LS17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washburn & Birstwith, North Yorkshire, LS17 0DY area accident hotspot. 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
- 2002121830085
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 1988.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 31 July 1988
50 m awayRef 1988128132793
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Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 3 December 1998
100 m awayRef 1998123370150
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 28 September 2001
180 m awayRef 2001122710415
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 20 June 2002
180 m awayRef 2002121710881
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 10 April 1986
189 m awayRef 1986126061425
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 6 April 2025
198 m awayRef 2025122500703
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
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 2002121830085 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.