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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO60 on 13 December 2002 at 00:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 00:40 on Friday 13 December 2002. A 24-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 23-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 2002
Friday, 00:40
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06189, longitude -0.81619, in the YO60 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002123470051
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
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2002123470051 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.