A1(M) crash in North Yorkshire on 11 September 2010 at 07:15 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 crashed on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire at 07:15 on Saturday 11 September 2010. A 27-year-old female passenger and a 25-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2010
- Saturday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95038, longitude -1.36913, in the LS22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, LS22 5HJ 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
- 2010120156868
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 14 September 2008
10 m awayRef 2008120100488
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 8 August 2009
22 m awayRef 2009120135777
Slight
Peugeot crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 7 March 2008
32 m awayRef 2008120670308
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 23 January 2006
36 m awayRef 2006120231156
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 11 September 2015
50 m awayRef 2015120160339
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 7 April 2008
57 m awayRef 2008121020219
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- 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 2010120156868 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.