A1(M) crash in North Yorkshire on 27 March 2012 at 07:35 involving a Mini One
A Mini One and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire at 07:35 on Tuesday 27 March 2012. The 25-year-old female driver of the Mini One was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2012
- Tuesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini One and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.09578, longitude -1.40912, in the YO51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boroughbridge & Claro, North Yorkshire, YO51 9LP 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
- 2012120048292
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 December 2015.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 26 December 2015
13 m awayRef 2015120228668
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 21 October 1994
17 m awayRef 1994122940682
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 9 January 2015
24 m awayRef 2015120005051
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 14 January 2008
38 m awayRef 2008120140070
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 9 August 2007
52 m awayRef 2007122210379
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 26 November 1985
57 m awayRef 1985125360516
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
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 2012120048292 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.