B1263 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 October 2008 at 11:00 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a car and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire at 11:00 on Wednesday 15 October 2008. The 61-year-old male driver of the car and a 40-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2008
- Wednesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.42694, longitude -1.55836, in the DL7 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120117859
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1263
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2015.
Slight
Honda SES125 crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 25 May 2015
16 m awayRef 2015120086489
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 26 August 2021
19 m awayRef 2021122100965
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 16 December 2005
22 m awayRef 2005123500510
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 25 August 2020
26 m awayRef 2020122000882
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 18 February 2020
28 m awayRef 2020122000260
Serious
Car crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 24 April 1983
30 m awayRef 198312C034883
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2008120117859 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.