A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 January 2003 at 14:55 involving a Jeep Cherokee
A Jeep Cherokee and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 14:55 on Monday 27 January 2003. The 51-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 62-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2003
- Monday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jeep Cherokee and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7629, longitude -1.29079, in the LS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Monk Fryston & South Milford, North Yorkshire, LS25 5LF 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
- 2003120270646
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1996.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1 in Leeds, 8 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199613MU44996
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Leeds, 22 September 1986
40 m awayRef 198613BC20686
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A1(M) in Leeds, 1 May 2002
40 m awayRef 2002130460802
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A63 in Leeds, 8 July 1995
50 m awayRef 199513BB25395
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 12 September 1981
50 m awayRef 198112A153681
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 21 May 1982
50 m awayRef 198212A126482
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2003120270646 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.