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A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 March 2003 at 08:15 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi

A Vauxhall Vectra taxi, a motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 08:15 on Friday 21 March 2003. The 29-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 2003
Friday, 08:15
Vehicles
4
Vauxhall Vectra and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.25442, longitude -1.34915, in the YO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hillside & Raskelf, North Yorkshire, YO7 2NP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003120800110
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
168

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 22 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2003120800110 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.