A6055 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 March 2008 at 06:58 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo crashed on the A6055 in North Yorkshire at 06:58 on Monday 24 March 2008. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2008
- Monday, 06:58
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05345, longitude -1.41859, in the HG5 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120840123
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 2012.
Serious
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 28 June 2012
14 m awayRef 2012120103852
Slight
Car crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 15 May 1979
58 m awayRef 197912B073679
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 14 February 1999
58 m awayRef 1999120450260
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 31 January 2002
108 m awayRef 2002120310847
Slight
John Deere crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 1996
108 m awayRef 1996121250612
Fatal
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 16 July 1998
108 m awayRef 1998121970713
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
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 2008120840123 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.