A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 December 2004 at 07:55 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA, a Ford Focus and a Suzuki Vitara were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 07:55 on Wednesday 15 December 2004. The 17-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, the 59-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 41-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2004
- Wednesday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford KA and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76628, longitude -0.95393, in the YO8 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004123500074
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 127 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 2012.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 20 July 2012
127 m awayRef 2012120117877
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 3 November 2019
228 m awayRef 2019121901587
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 24 November 2002
250 m awayRef 2002123280445
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 16 December 2010
393 m awayRef 2010120215217
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 20 September 1986
505 m awayRef 1986126172763
Serious
ERF crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 28 April 2003
522 m awayRef 2003121180419
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2004123500074 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.