A6068 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 September 2005 at 18:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire at 18:45 on Monday 12 September 2005. The 47-year-old female driver of the Mazda MX-5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 2005
- Monday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Mazda MX-5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88579, longitude -2.03967, in the BD22 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
- 2005122551029
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 11 January 1982
10 m awayRef 198212B003782
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 14 December 2004
10 m awayRef 2004123490929
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 2003
14 m awayRef 2003121240548
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 12 August 2000
14 m awayRef 2000122280879
Fatal
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 10 May 1988
14 m awayRef 1988128078851
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 8 February 1990
14 m awayRef 1990121250593
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,840 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
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 2005122551029 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 2005.