Serious B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 June 2011 at 13:53 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 13:53 on Thursday 30 June 2011. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jun 2011
- Thursday, 13:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11756, longitude -1.42244, in the YO51 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
- 2011120108053
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 1999.
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 25 August 1999
14 m awayRef 1999122370825
Slight
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 24 November 1983
20 m awayRef 198312B135883
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 8 September 1995
30 m awayRef 1995122510775
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 9 May 1992
30 m awayRef 1992121300692
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 25 October 2010
36 m awayRef 2010120184244
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 2010
36 m awayRef 2010120101527
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,946 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2011120108053 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.