Serious A629 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 May 2004 at 22:45 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106, a Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire at 22:45 on Saturday 15 May 2004. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 106 and the 19-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 were seriously injured and the 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 May 2004
- Saturday, 22:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 106 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91285, longitude -1.99692, in the BD20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aire Valley, North Yorkshire, BD20 9BP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004121360870
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 629
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1994.
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 22 July 1994
At the same spotRef 1994122030955
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 27 February 1992
At the same spotRef 1992120580619
Serious
Van crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 18 June 1981
10 m awayRef 198112B083081
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 20 January 2012
31 m awayRef 2012120010147
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 15 March 2010
41 m awayRef 2010120040500
Slight
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 13 December 1979
45 m awayRef 197912B197679
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2004121360870 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.