Serious A661 crash in North Yorkshire on 28 July 2007 at 21:24 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire at 21:24 on Saturday 28 July 2007. The 19-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra 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
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jul 2007
- Saturday, 21:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Suzuki GSF 600
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98568, longitude -1.49701, in the HG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, North Yorkshire, HG3 1GP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007122090678
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 661
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2004.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 22 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004123570857
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 24 November 2010
At the same spotRef 2010120202501
Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 8 October 2005
At the same spotRef 2005122810844
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 12 July 2007
At the same spotRef 2007121930104
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 14 March 2010
At the same spotRef 2010120039708
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 3 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009120001574
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 600)
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 2007122090678 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.