A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 April 2008 at 19:53 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 19:53 on Sunday 27 April 2008. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 2008
- Sunday, 19:53
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90084, longitude -1.20049, in the LS24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, LS24 8EJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120017448
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1999.
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 5 November 1999
10 m awayRef 1999123090705
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A64 in York, 12 April 1999
10 m awayRef 1999121020715
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 15 July 2006
14 m awayRef 2006121960670
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 1 July 1979
32 m awayRef 197912A111379
Slight
Toyota crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 28 February 2006
32 m awayRef 2006120590765
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 15 December 1979
36 m awayRef 197912A236079
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2008120017448 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 2008.