B6160 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 December 2007 at 19:18 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire at 19:18 on Monday 17 December 2007. The 46-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Prius were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2007
- Monday, 19:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07921, longitude -2.02778, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007123510470
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6160
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 2014.
Serious
Suzuki GSR 600 crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 8 October 2014
9 m awayRef 2014120173547
Slight
Minibus crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 22 August 1996
22 m awayRef 1996122350422
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 22 March 2001
22 m awayRef 2001120810594
Serious
Van crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 1981
28 m awayRef 198112B052181
Slight
Car crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 30 March 2006
50 m awayRef 2006120890728
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire, 22 August 2001
120 m awayRef 2001122340123
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 2007123510470 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.