A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 June 2003 at 19:01 involving a Rover 100 Series
A Rover 100 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 19:01 on Sunday 8 June 2003. The 54-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series and the 50-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2003
- Sunday, 19:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 100 Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11666, longitude -2.3991, in the LA2 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003121590642
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 65
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 186 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 May 2008.
Serious
BMW R 1200 crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 8 May 2008
186 m awayRef 2008120023492
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 1 July 1998
242 m awayRef 1998121820897
Fatal
Minibus crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 21 July 1981
256 m awayRef 198112B100381
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 16 September 2007
266 m awayRef 2007122590314
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 23 September 1998
266 m awayRef 1998122660577
Serious
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 1 June 1984
266 m awayRef 198412B053284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2003121590642 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.