Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire DL9 on 1 October 2003 at 17:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 17:40 on Wednesday 1 October 2003. The 21-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2003
- Wednesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.3754, longitude -1.72441, in the DL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Catterick Garrison. It is one of the crashes that make up the Scotton & Lower Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, DL9 4SY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003122740654
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1993.
Slight
MG MGB crash on the A6136 in North Yorkshire, 9 January 1993
At the same spotRef 1993120090188
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6136 in North Yorkshire, 13 December 2001
At the same spotRef 2001123470995
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 31 October 2025
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Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 3 January 2008
71 m awayRef 2008120030576
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 21 June 2018
76 m awayRef 2018120110414
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 24 September 2008
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- 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 2003122740654 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.