Serious B6160 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 April 2003 at 13:40 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van crashed on the B6160 in North Yorkshire at 13:40 on Saturday 19 April 2003. The 25-year-old male driver and a 26-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Apr 2003
- Saturday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.08272, longitude -2.0336, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003121090482
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6160
- 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, 122 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2006.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 21 February 2006
122 m awayRef 2006120520458
Slight
BMW R 1200 crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 2010
202 m awayRef 2010120174918
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 9 March 2020
259 m awayRef 2020122000438
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 4 August 2013
259 m awayRef 2013120132346
Serious
Rover Sterling crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 13 February 2002
283 m awayRef 2002120440092
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 27 April 2004
391 m awayRef 2004121180870
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- 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 2003121090482 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.