B6162 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 March 2011 at 13:00 involving a Volvo XC90
A Volvo XC90 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire at 13:00 on Thursday 17 March 2011. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2011
- Thursday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC90 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98711, longitude -1.5397, in the HG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0EZ 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
- 2011120042450
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6162
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 61
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 25 February 1986
At the same spotRef 1986126033323
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 16 June 1991
At the same spotRef 1991121670468
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 15 November 2022
2 m awayRef 2022122201307
Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 28 March 2017
5 m awayRef 2017120051913
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 4 March 2015
5 m awayRef 2015120035817
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 9 June 2013
6 m awayRef 2013120093660
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2011120042450 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 2011.