B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 29 October 2004 at 05:00 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class crashed on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 05:00 on Friday 29 October 2004. The 20-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2004
- Friday, 05:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06336, longitude -1.91135, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004123030081
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1993.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 25 February 1993
At the same spotRef 1993120560565
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 11 December 2007
At the same spotRef 2007123450554
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 13 April 2006
10 m awayRef 2006121030711
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 20 May 2010
22 m awayRef 2010120080760
Slight
Ford Probe crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 4 August 1996
50 m awayRef 1996122530091
Serious
Mercedes 400 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 30 December 1997
50 m awayRef 1997123640094
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2004123030081 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.