B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 January 2003 at 12:22 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class crashed on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 12:22 on Saturday 11 January 2003. The 59-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2003
- Saturday, 12:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06027, longitude -1.34608, in the YO51 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003120110336
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 August 1999.
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 23 August 1999
92 m awayRef 1999122351052
Serious
Car crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 26 December 1984
100 m awayRef 1984124212833
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 23 October 2017
127 m awayRef 2017120189975
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 27 August 2014
129 m awayRef 2014120146512
Slight
Van crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 14 December 2005
130 m awayRef 2005123480879
Serious
Volvo crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 20 July 1999
136 m awayRef 1999122010879
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
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 2003120110336 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 2003.