Fatal B1258 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 August 2008 at 08:45 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Peugeot 407 were involved in a crash on the B1258 in North Yorkshire at 08:45 on Thursday 14 August 2008. The 40-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 407 was killed and four other people were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 14 Aug 2008
- Thursday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Peugeot 407
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 killed, 4 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22461, longitude -0.62532, in the YO13 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120082227
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1258
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1415
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2010.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1258 in North Yorkshire, 13 April 2010
10 m awayRef 2010120057557
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B1258 in North Yorkshire, 23 February 2023
17 m awayRef 2023122300370
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B1258 in North Yorkshire, 28 February 2006
22 m awayRef 2006120590058
Serious
Car crash on the B1258 in North Yorkshire, 8 April 1985
28 m awayRef 1985125054286
Serious
Vauxhall Adam crash on the B1415 in North Yorkshire, 25 October 2014
52 m awayRef 2014120184089
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B1258 in North Yorkshire, 30 January 2003
63 m awayRef 2003120300595
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 407
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 407)
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 2008120082227 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.