B1222 crash in North Yorkshire on 18 December 2003 at 16:45 involving a Volkswagen Sharan
A Volkswagen Sharan and a car were involved in a crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire at 16:45 on Thursday 18 December 2003. A 15-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Sharan was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2003
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Sharan and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79626, longitude -1.23481, in the LS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, LS25 6PJ area accident hotspot. 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
- 2003123520738
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1222
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 162
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 March 1995.
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 18 March 1995
At the same spotRef 1995120770277
Slight
Rover Range Rover crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 17 December 1997
At the same spotRef 1997123510831
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 7 November 1996
At the same spotRef 1996123120376
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 13 December 2000
At the same spotRef 2000123480524
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 29 January 2025
8 m awayRef 2025122500265
Slight
Seat Marbella crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 1 November 1999
10 m awayRef 1999123050443
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)
- 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 2003123520738 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.