A661 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 October 2007 at 06:46 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire at 06:46 on Tuesday 30 October 2007. The 26-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 57-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2007
- Tuesday, 06:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98082, longitude -1.47557, in the HG5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, HG5 8LX 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007123030055
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2008.
Slight
MG ZT crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 29 November 2008
At the same spotRef 2008120143645
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 15 October 2021
10 m awayRef 2021122101349
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 3 January 2007
10 m awayRef 2007120030066
Serious
BMW R Series crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 29 April 2025
13 m awayRef 2025122500626
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 1 August 1989
14 m awayRef 1989121024317
Serious
Car crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 24 February 1989
14 m awayRef 1989128263553
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- 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
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2007123030055 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.