B6271 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 August 2004 at 15:08 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B6271 in North Yorkshire at 15:08 on Wednesday 4 August 2004. The 41-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2004
- Wednesday, 15:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.39415, longitude -1.675, in the DL10 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004122170632
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6271
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1991.
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 5 December 1991
10 m awayRef 1991123390114
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 24 December 2008
45 m awayRef 2008120159425
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 14 February 2000
64 m awayRef 2000120450872
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Nissan Micra crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 19 August 2001
100 m awayRef 2001122310619
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Aprilia crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2004
100 m awayRef 2004122660799
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 27 June 2025
131 m awayRef 2025122501047
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2004122170632 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.