Serious B1257 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 August 2009 at 06:38 involving a Ford Transit lorry
A Ford Transit lorry and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire at 06:38 on Monday 24 August 2009. The 32-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Accent was seriously injured and a 60-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Accent was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Aug 2009
- Monday, 06:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Hyundai Accent
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14756, longitude -0.82707, in the YO17 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009120146739
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1257
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2004.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2004
At the same spotRef 2004122660858
Slight
Scania crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 3 March 2009
10 m awayRef 2009120035462
Slight
Car crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 16 November 1983
22 m awayRef 198312D098983
Fatal
Renault Laguna crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 8 March 2004
51 m awayRef 2004120680847
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 26 January 1996
51 m awayRef 1996120260589
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 19 July 2001
51 m awayRef 2001122000311
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)
- 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 2009120146739 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.