Serious B6161 crash in North Yorkshire on 7 October 2010 at 23:55 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the B6161 in North Yorkshire at 23:55 on Thursday 7 October 2010. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Oct 2010
- Thursday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96872, longitude -1.60088, in the HG3 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
- 2010120173200
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6161
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 1999.
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 25 April 1999
10 m awayRef 1999121150532
Serious
Car crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 23 December 1999
10 m awayRef 1999123570842
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 16 October 2012
12 m awayRef 2012120174286
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 18 February 2016
13 m awayRef 2016120029498
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A6161 in North Yorkshire, 11 November 1990
22 m awayRef 1990123150122
Serious
Car crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 16 June 1981
22 m awayRef 198112B082681
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2010120173200 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.