Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire BD24 on 24 March 2003 at 08:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 08:50 on Monday 24 March 2003. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2003
- Monday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07089, longitude -2.28206, in the BD24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Settle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Settle & Penyghent, North Yorkshire, BD24 9FN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003120830103
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1984.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 7 October 1984
41 m awayRef 1984124164355
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 17 November 2002
45 m awayRef 2002123210377
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 23 July 1992
63 m awayRef 1992122050832
Slight
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 25 July 1985
63 m awayRef 1985125225353
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 5 March 1998
89 m awayRef 1998120640847
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 9 June 2007
100 m awayRef 2007121600420
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2003120830103 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.