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Serious A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 9 March 2012 at 08:09 involving a Saab 9-3

A Saab 9-3 and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 08:09 on Friday 9 March 2012. The 39-year-old male driver of the Saab 9-3 and the 44-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 2012
Friday, 08:09
Vehicles
2
Saab 9-3 and Citroen C1
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11448, longitude -2.39443, in the LA2 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012120037488
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)

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 2012120037488 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.