A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 October 2010 at 07:20 involving a Citroen Relay van
A Citroen Relay van and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 07:20 on Tuesday 26 October 2010. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, a 53-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2010
- Tuesday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Relay and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98627, longitude -1.83953, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010120184455
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 August 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 19 August 1988
28 m awayRef 1988128146606
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 5 February 2009
70 m awayRef 2009120020024
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 26 November 2007
110 m awayRef 2007123300078
Serious
Renault crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 27 July 1994
122 m awayRef 1994122080832
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 10 February 2003
122 m awayRef 2003120410077
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 19 October 1981
122 m awayRef 198112B154981
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 2010120184455 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.