A6131 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 January 2012 at 17:44 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila, a Toyota Corolla and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire at 17:44 on Saturday 21 January 2012. A 68-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Agila and the 34-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2012
- Saturday, 17:44
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Agila and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9574, longitude -2.01902, in the BD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Skipton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby, North Yorkshire, BD23 1RD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120010901
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6131
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 19 June 1985
7 m awayRef 1985125100990
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 27 June 1996
7 m awayRef 1996121800046
Serious
Volvo S60 crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 12 November 2004
7 m awayRef 2004123170222
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A6131 in North Yorkshire, 22 January 1999
13 m awayRef 1999120220093
Serious
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 5 April 1983
13 m awayRef 198312B040583
Slight
Car crash on the A629 in North Yorkshire, 6 February 1982
13 m awayRef 198212B013682
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
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 2012120010901 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 2012.