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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO12 on 8 December 2002 at 16:00 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 16:00 on Sunday 8 December 2002. The 84-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was seriously injured and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 2002
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29408, longitude -0.41864, in the YO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newby, North Yorkshire, YO12 6DG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002123420439
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
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2002123420439 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.