Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire on 12 December 2002 at 14:57 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 14:57 on Thursday 12 December 2002. The 48-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 12 Dec 2002; Thursday, 14:57
Vehicles: 2; Car and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2002123460500
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
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type: Other junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights unlit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
30 years
Engine capacity
2,830 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
48 years
Engine capacity
1,199 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
14 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2002123460500 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.