Serious A684 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 October 2005 at 17:47 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Tigra, were involved in a crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire at 17:47 on Wednesday 12 October 2005. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 64-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Tigra were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Oct 2005
- Wednesday, 17:47
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Corsa and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.31796, longitude -1.51972, in the DL7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005122850884
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 684
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1996.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 17 December 1996
45 m awayRef 1996123520120
Serious
Car crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 26 November 1988
45 m awayRef 1988128210354
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 13 July 1985
63 m awayRef 1985125217133
Serious
Car crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 21 July 1984
95 m awayRef 198412C047984
Slight
Optare Metrorider crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 12 March 1999
108 m awayRef 1999120710528
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 2 December 2001
134 m awayRef 2001123360405
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,195 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Tigra)
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 2005122850884 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.