Serious A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 September 2004 at 22:31 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 22:31 on Wednesday 15 September 2004. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, an 18-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and the 36-year-old male driver of the car were seriously 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 Sep 2004
- Wednesday, 22:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99304, longitude -1.75134, in the LS21 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004122590942
- 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
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, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2012.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 30 May 2012
46 m awayRef 2012120086783
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 2 November 1995
50 m awayRef 1995123060754
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 21 October 1994
50 m awayRef 1994122940627
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 30 November 1990
50 m awayRef 1990123340334
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 2 December 2017
51 m awayRef 2017120215910
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 5 December 1992
100 m awayRef 1992123400166
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2004122590942 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.