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Fatal A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 December 2004 at 11:39 involving a Daihatsu Move

A Daihatsu Move crashed on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 11:39 on Saturday 25 December 2004. The 81-year-old male driver was killed and an 89-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Dec 2004
Saturday, 11:39
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Move
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.33382, longitude -1.488, in the DL7 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004123600177
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 631 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Move

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    847 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Move)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Move)

    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 2004123600177 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.