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A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 6 July 2004 at 18:08 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series, a Volkswagen Passat and a car were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 18:08 on Tuesday 6 July 2004. The 40-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat, a 40-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jul 2004
Tuesday, 18:08
Vehicles
3
Rover 200 Series and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00941, longitude -1.38228, in the HG5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boroughbridge & Claro, North Yorkshire, HG5 0ZU 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
2004121880870
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
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    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 2004121880870 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.