A659 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 May 2003 at 12:20 involving a Mercedes C Class
A bicycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire at 12:20 on Saturday 3 May 2003. The 45-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2003
- Saturday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.885, longitude -1.26667, in the LS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tadcaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9PA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003121230398
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 659
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 20 May 1981
20 m awayRef 198112A081581
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 12 December 2025
27 m awayRef 2025122600363
Slight
Daihatsu crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 13 November 1991
40 m awayRef 1991123170598
Slight
Car crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 6 March 1989
45 m awayRef 1989128269989
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 3 December 1997
50 m awayRef 1997123370196
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 31 December 2002
50 m awayRef 2002123650142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 45, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2003121230398 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.