B6480 crash in North Yorkshire on 1 October 2008 at 07:35 involving an Iveco lorry
An Iveco lorry and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire at 07:35 on Wednesday 1 October 2008. The 39-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2008
- Wednesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11856, longitude -2.51524, in the LA2 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
- 2008120109920
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6480
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 1996.
Slight
Car crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 31 January 1996
22 m awayRef 1996120310744
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 17 March 1996
81 m awayRef 1996120770286
Serious
Car crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 27 August 1982
81 m awayRef 198212B117082
Serious
Bedford crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 24 August 1998
81 m awayRef 1998122360023
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 13 June 2000
81 m awayRef 2000121650077
Serious
Jeep Cherokee crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 19 April 2008
95 m awayRef 2008121100488
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 3,920 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 2008120109920 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.