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A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 April 2004 at 15:24 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 15:24 on Saturday 3 April 2004. The 20-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper and a 65-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Apr 2004
Saturday, 15:24
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Mini Cooper
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00828, longitude -1.57883, in the HG3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2SL 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
2004120940547
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
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
B
Second road number
6161

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    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 2004120940547 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.