A661 crash in North Yorkshire on 7 May 2011 at 19:15 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire at 19:15 on Saturday 7 May 2011. The 73-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2011
- Saturday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C3 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98823, longitude -1.50552, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fairfax & Starbeck, North Yorkshire, HG2 7RD 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
- 2011120074315
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 661
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1999.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 13 March 1999
At the same spotRef 1999120720608
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 12 September 1999
At the same spotRef 1999122550283
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 24 December 2012
3 m awayRef 2012120217331
Serious
Car crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 18 July 1985
10 m awayRef 1985125220379
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 2 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007123360069
Slight
Bus crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 3 July 1985
10 m awayRef 1985125208287
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)
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 2011120074315 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.