Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 22 August 2003 at 23:45 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 23:45 on Friday 22 August 2003. A 19-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Aug 2003
- Friday, 23:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.19675, longitude -0.44735, in the YO12 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003122341096
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2022.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 2022
9 m awayRef 2022122200603
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 3 April 1985
10 m awayRef 1985125051191
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 15 July 1990
10 m awayRef 1990121960413
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 31 December 1988
10 m awayRef 1988128231490
Serious
Fiat Tipo crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 21 July 1990
10 m awayRef 1990122020317
Slight
Van crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 24 April 1989
10 m awayRef 1989128300111
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Bus stop or bus shelter
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- 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 2003122341096 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.