Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO17 on 6 September 2003 at 06:40 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender and a Volvo 850 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 06:40 on Saturday 6 September 2003. The 33-year-old female driver of the Volvo 850 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2003
- Saturday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Defender and Volvo 850
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.15744, longitude -0.89279, in the YO17 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003122490160
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 206 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 2004.
Serious
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206 m awayRef 2004121440441
Serious
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Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 25 April 1982
288 m awayRef 198212D038082
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 27 April 1999
291 m awayRef 1999121171001
Slight
Lorry crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 8 May 1985
301 m awayRef 1985125072573
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 4 April 2007
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 850
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 850)
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 2003122490160 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.