A66 crash in North Yorkshire on 29 September 2002 at 10:20 involving a Mercedes 300 van
A Mercedes 300 van crashed on the A66 in North Yorkshire at 10:20 on Sunday 29 September 2002. The 54-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2002
- Sunday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes 300
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.47525, longitude -1.76772, in the DL11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, DL11 7JZ area accident hotspot. 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
- 2002122720216
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 66
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2013.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 27 April 2013
59 m awayRef 2013120066682
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 31 August 2012
85 m awayRef 2012120145181
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 3 March 2024
100 m awayRef 2024122400382
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 29 August 2003
112 m awayRef 2003122410599
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 9 February 2001
150 m awayRef 2001120400501
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 6 June 2004
152 m awayRef 2004121580423
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,874 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)
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 2002122720216 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.