Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO12 on 3 November 2010 at 18:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 18:05 on Wednesday 3 November 2010. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 62-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2010
- Wednesday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24128, longitude -0.42266, in the YO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seamer, North Yorkshire, YO11 3DB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010120190044
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1261
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2024.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 10 August 2024
7 m awayRef 2024122400911
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011120055502
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 1988
14 m awayRef 1988128107000
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 28 August 1993
14 m awayRef 1993122400345
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 17 August 2010
22 m awayRef 2010120140547
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 13 December 1980
30 m awayRef 198012D137580
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2010120190044 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.