B1248 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 November 2005 at 11:26 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire at 11:26 on Friday 4 November 2005. The 64-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2005
- Friday, 11:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13093, longitude -0.80856, in the YO17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Malton. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005123080402
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1248
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 54 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1994.
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 15 December 1994
54 m awayRef 1994123490504
Serious
Car crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 10 September 1989
94 m awayRef 1989121053159
Serious
Austin Montego crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 19 January 1995
94 m awayRef 1995120190718
Serious
Lorry crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 21 November 1983
99 m awayRef 198312D100683
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 13 March 1993
130 m awayRef 1993120720573
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 20 June 2003
130 m awayRef 2003121710498
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2005123080402 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.