Serious A169 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 April 2007 at 13:30 involving a Rover 45
A car and a Rover 45 were involved in a crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire at 13:30 on Monday 2 April 2007. The 28-year-old male driver of the car and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Rover 45 were seriously injured and the 66-year-old male driver of the Rover 45 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Apr 2007
- Monday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Rover 45
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2831, longitude -0.70356, in the YO18 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007120920276
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 169
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2008.
Slight
Honda crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 10 June 2008
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Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 2 August 1998
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Serious
Peugeot 308 crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 9 August 2023
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Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 18 July 2011
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Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 15 July 2011
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 45)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 45)
- 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 2007120920276 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 2007.