A659 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 November 2003 at 10:03 involving a car
A car crashed on the A659 in North Yorkshire at 10:03 on Thursday 20 November 2003. The 18-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2003
- Thursday, 10:03
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89002, longitude -1.28027, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003123240198
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 659
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 1993.
Serious
Car crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 14 May 1993
71 m awayRef 1993121340623
Slight
Car crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 8 June 1980
81 m awayRef 198012A099380
Fatal
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 10 April 2010
85 m awayRef 2010120055689
Serious
Jaguar Sovereign crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 1 September 1998
100 m awayRef 1998122440092
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 30 November 1979
108 m awayRef 197912A225079
Slight
Honda CBR900RR crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 29 April 1998
135 m awayRef 1998121190434
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2003123240198 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.