A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 18 June 2003 at 14:45 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry
A lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 14:45 on Wednesday 18 June 2003. The 36-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2003
- Wednesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Iveco-Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98652, longitude -2.08918, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003121690546
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 9 August 2017
36 m awayRef 2017120140916
Slight
Suzuki Jimny crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 30 November 2009
36 m awayRef 2009120207421
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 21 October 1994
50 m awayRef 1994122940635
Fatal
Honda crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 1998
50 m awayRef 1998120970196
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 16 June 1991
50 m awayRef 1991121670519
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 16 October 1997
50 m awayRef 1997122890410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,705 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,861 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)
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 2003121690546 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.