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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG1 on 8 April 2003 at 22:29 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Morris Minor were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 22:29 on Tuesday 8 April 2003. The 53-year-old female driver of the Morris Minor was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 2003
Tuesday, 22:29
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Morris Minor
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99589, longitude -1.53319, in the HG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003120980823
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Morris Minor

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Morris Minor)

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 2003120980823 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.