A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 December 2004 at 16:47 involving a Rover 200 Series
Five vehicles, including a car and a Rover 200 Series, were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 16:47 on Friday 10 December 2004. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2004
- Friday, 16:47
- Vehicles
- 5
- Rover 200 Series and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.42918, longitude -1.66855, 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
- 2004123450841
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1998.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 2 April 1998
71 m awayRef 1998120920034
Serious
Nissan Prairie crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 22 November 1997
100 m awayRef 1997123260770
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 27 July 1990
100 m awayRef 1990122080314
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 7 November 1982
110 m awayRef 198212C118382
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 4 December 2009
122 m awayRef 2009120209603
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 2 December 2015
125 m awayRef 2015120213460
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Transit)
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 2004123450841 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.