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A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 December 2002 at 09:02 involving a Mitsubishi lorry

A Mitsubishi lorry crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 09:02 on Friday 20 December 2002. The 32-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2002
Friday, 09:02
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99301, longitude -1.15418, in the YO30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural West York, York, YO26 6LL area accident hotspot. 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
2002123540165
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
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi)

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 2002123540165 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.