A629 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 August 2002 at 16:20 involving a Renault lorry
A Renault lorry crashed on the A629 in North Yorkshire at 16:20 on Friday 30 August 2002. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2002
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90836, longitude -1.98779, in the BD20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aire Valley, North Yorkshire, BD20 9BP area accident hotspot. 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
- 2002122420667
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 629
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 74 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2012.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 8 September 2012
74 m awayRef 2012120150299
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 17 December 2006
112 m awayRef 2006120160426
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 6 March 1993
120 m awayRef 1993120650328
Slight
Peugeot Premier crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 20 January 2023
121 m awayRef 2023122300101
Serious
Skoda Yeti crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 29 June 2014
127 m awayRef 2014120106351
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 14 April 1979
132 m awayRef 197912B057479
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,834 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Renault)
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 2002122420667 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.