A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 February 2004 at 07:57 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, an Audi A4 and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 07:57 on Monday 2 February 2004. The 45-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and the 56-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2004
- Monday, 07:57
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97813, longitude -1.36414, in the LS22 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
- 2004120330076
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 1999.
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 6 April 1999
41 m awayRef 1999120960376
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 5 July 1997
50 m awayRef 1997121860584
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 28 October 1988
50 m awayRef 1988128191797
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 16 August 1997
50 m awayRef 1997122280347
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 2 April 1991
50 m awayRef 1991120920533
Serious
Mazda 626 crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 16 July 1994
50 m awayRef 1994121970333
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Accord)
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 2004120330076 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 2004.