Serious B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 December 2003 at 07:40 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio hit a pedestrian on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 07:40 on Wednesday 24 December 2003. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13133, longitude -1.55463, in the HG4 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003123580104
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 February 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 20 February 1982
20 m awayRef 198212C016682
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 9 February 2025
23 m awayRef 2025122500309
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 23 February 2009
54 m awayRef 2009120033239
Slight
Opel Kadett crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 23 July 1995
100 m awayRef 1995122040639
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 6 October 1998
141 m awayRef 1998122790334
Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 3 May 2013
148 m awayRef 2013120070670
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
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 2003123580104 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.