B1039 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 March 2003 at 19:00 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205, a Ford Escort and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the B1039 in North Yorkshire at 19:00 on Friday 21 March 2003. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2003
- Friday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 205 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.20035, longitude -0.3796, in the YO11 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003120810454
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1039
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1992.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 21 March 1992
100 m awayRef 1992120820061
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 14 August 2004
100 m awayRef 2004122270443
Slight
Renault 9 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 3 August 1991
100 m awayRef 1991122160373
Serious
Car crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 12 June 1983
102 m awayRef 198312D049383
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 27 April 2021
110 m awayRef 2021122100437
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire, 17 June 1984
112 m awayRef 198412D037184
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 2003120810454 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.