A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 December 2003 at 11:42 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 11:42 on Thursday 25 December 2003. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, an 89-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2003
- Thursday, 11:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.27098, longitude -1.52548, in the DL8 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003123590206
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2015.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 24 February 2015
8 m awayRef 2015120030905
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14 m awayRef 1999120350161
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 19 July 1980
40 m awayRef 198012C079380
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Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 21 November 1996
50 m awayRef 1996123260349
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2003123590206 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.