Serious C road crash in North Yorkshire HG5 on 26 July 2010 at 10:42 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 10:42 on Monday 26 July 2010. The 22-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jul 2010
- Monday, 10:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Land Rover Defender
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05302, longitude -1.3853, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010120125225
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 6 September 1988
50 m awayRef 1988128158409
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 16 November 1980
81 m awayRef 198012B161280
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 10 April 1981
110 m awayRef 198112B049881
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 28 October 1992
114 m awayRef 1992123020775
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 10 December 2025
117 m awayRef 2025122600029
Serious
Car crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 11 November 2006
125 m awayRef 2006123150357
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2010120125225 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 2010.