A645 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 January 2003 at 07:53 involving a Ford Transit van
Two Ford Transit vans were involved in a crash on the A645 in North Yorkshire at 07:53 on Thursday 30 January 2003. The 64-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 56-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were 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
- 30 Jan 2003
- Thursday, 07:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72984, longitude -1.00259, in the YO8 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
- 2003120300071
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 645
- 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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2003.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A645 in North Yorkshire, 29 October 2003
100 m awayRef 2003123020360
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A645 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 2023
127 m awayRef 2023122300998
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A1041 in York, 11 December 2004
144 m awayRef 2004123460567
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A645 in North Yorkshire, 17 June 2002
158 m awayRef 2002121680042
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A645 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 2016
190 m awayRef 2016120217261
Fatal
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 16 April 1994
212 m awayRef 1994121060721
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2003120300071 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.