Serious A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 November 2002 at 18:47 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 18:47 on Tuesday 5 November 2002. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Nov 2002
- Tuesday, 18:47
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99828, longitude -1.5469, in the HG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coppice Valley & Duchy, North Yorkshire, HG1 2EL 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002123090832
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 5 June 2003
At the same spotRef 2003121560803
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 10 November 2000
At the same spotRef 2000123150111
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 3 July 1994
At the same spotRef 1994121840572
Slight
Van crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 6 May 1986
At the same spotRef 1986126078050
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 19 January 1991
At the same spotRef 1991120190291
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 14 December 1998
At the same spotRef 1998123480922
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2002123090832 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.