A6068 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 October 2003 at 12:13 involving a Rover 800 Series
A Rover 800 Series, a car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire at 12:13 on Thursday 30 October 2003. The 24-year-old male driver of the car and the 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2003
- Thursday, 12:13
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 800 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89937, longitude -1.99768, in the BD20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cross Hills and Steeton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire, BD20 7EQ area accident hotspot. 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
- 2003123030341
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 8 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198412B067584
Slight
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 7 September 1979
14 m awayRef 197912B138279
Serious
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 27 April 1982
22 m awayRef 198212B050882
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 24 October 2013
23 m awayRef 2013120184472
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 9 December 2009
30 m awayRef 2009120212244
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 50 crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 7 January 1999
36 m awayRef 1999120070224
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2003123030341 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.