A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 13 August 2010 at 10:52 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 10:52 on Friday 13 August 2010. The 47-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2010
- Friday, 10:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- MAN and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76884, longitude -1.05674, in the YO8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Selby East, North Yorkshire, YO8 8RN area accident hotspot. 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
- 2010120137541
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 63
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2015.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 21 October 2015
4 m awayRef 2015120186695
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 22 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011120065131
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 1 November 2022
61 m awayRef 2022122201411
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 1 September 2025
64 m awayRef 2025122501024
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 26 May 2013
247 m awayRef 2013120084530
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 14 May 1991
255 m awayRef 1991121340062
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,518 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
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 2010120137541 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.