A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 May 2003 at 22:33 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 22:33 on Sunday 11 May 2003. The 18-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and the 21-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2003
- Sunday, 22:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.21554, longitude -1.30683, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003121310765
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 19
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 June 2025.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 2025
61 m awayRef 2025122500753
Fatal
Car crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 31 December 1982
78 m awayRef 198212C144182
Fatal
Volvo crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 11 January 2025
85 m awayRef 2025122500058
Fatal
Car crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 9 July 1982
91 m awayRef 198212C065782
Serious
Lorry crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 2 December 1997
112 m awayRef 1997123360121
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 25 July 1993
141 m awayRef 1993122060310
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
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 2003121310765 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.