A6131 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 December 2008 at 12:00 involving a Nissan X-Trail
A Nissan X-Trail and two vans were involved in a crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire at 12:00 on Thursday 11 December 2008. The 22-year-old male driver of the Nissan X-Trail and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Nissan X-Trail were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2008
- Thursday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan X-Trail and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94134, longitude -2.01246, in the BD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Skipton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aire Valley, North Yorkshire, BD23 2TZ area accident hotspot. 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
- 2008120153199
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6131
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 2009.
Serious
Peugeot Expert crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 15 May 2009
14 m awayRef 2009120081401
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 1999
14 m awayRef 1999121720544
Fatal
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 14 April 1980
28 m awayRef 198012B047580
Slight
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 19 October 1979
28 m awayRef 197912B161779
Serious
Car crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 26 January 1989
36 m awayRef 1989128246292
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 23 June 1996
36 m awayRef 1996121750395
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,184 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan X-Trail)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan X-Trail)
- 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 2008120153199 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.