A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 December 2002 at 17:34 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A car and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 17:34 on Saturday 14 December 2002. The 33-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2002
- Saturday, 17:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87118, longitude -1.28668, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002123480610
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2015.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 30 October 2015
54 m awayRef 2015120192379
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 21 January 1983
128 m awayRef 198312A012183
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 22 May 1985
139 m awayRef 1985125081434
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 25 October 1984
141 m awayRef 1984124175479
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 3 July 2007
170 m awayRef 2007121840465
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 11 November 2025
233 m awayRef 2025122600258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 2002123480610 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.