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A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 May 2009 at 09:05 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla, a Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 09:05 on Thursday 21 May 2009. The 49-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf 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
21 May 2009
Thursday, 09:05
Vehicles
3
Toyota Corolla and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.03636, longitude -1.56435, in the HG3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Masham & Fountains, North Yorkshire, HG3 3DX area accident hotspot. 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
2009120084641
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6165

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 2009120084641 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 2009.