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A1(M) crash in North Yorkshire on 13 November 2009 at 19:50 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire at 19:50 on Friday 13 November 2009. The 46-year-old male driver and an 8-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Nov 2009
Friday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74644, longitude -1.27363, in the WF11 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009120197370
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 66 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    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 2009120197370 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.