A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 22 December 2003 at 18:47 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 18:47 on Monday 22 December 2003. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2003
- Monday, 18:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9808, longitude -1.53595, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oatlands & Pannal, North Yorkshire, HG2 8JH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003123560897
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 March 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 27 March 1988
22 m awayRef 1988128051511
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 1 June 1992
22 m awayRef 1992121530170
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 6 February 1999
28 m awayRef 1999120370702
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 11 January 1979
36 m awayRef 197912B005979
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 15 December 1988
40 m awayRef 1988128221996
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 18 January 1994
45 m awayRef 1994120180811
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2003123560897 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.