A661 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 October 2011 at 06:38 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire at 06:38 on Thursday 20 October 2011. The 40-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2011
- Thursday, 06:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99432, longitude -1.52223, in the HG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, North Yorkshire, HG2 7RZ 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
- 2011120177755
- 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
- 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
- 6040
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
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 2011120177755 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.