B6271 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 December 2008 at 23:05 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire at 23:05 on Wednesday 24 December 2008. The 21-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2008
- Wednesday, 23:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.39397, longitude -1.67438, in the DL10 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
- 2008120159425
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6271
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1991.
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 5 December 1991
36 m awayRef 1991123390114
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 4 August 2004
45 m awayRef 2004122170632
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2004
63 m awayRef 2004122660799
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1263 in North Yorkshire, 19 August 2001
63 m awayRef 2001122310619
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 27 June 2025
92 m awayRef 2025122501047
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B6271 in North Yorkshire, 14 February 2000
108 m awayRef 2000120450872
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
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 2008120159425 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.