A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 May 2012 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 17:00 on Tuesday 8 May 2012. The 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2012
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Lupo and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24144, longitude -1.05807, in the YO62 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Helmsley & Sinnington, North Yorkshire, YO62 5BY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120073555
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 170
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 35 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 February 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 21 February 1986
35 m awayRef 1986126030741
Slight
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 16 March 1986
71 m awayRef 1986126045160
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 24 March 2002
89 m awayRef 2002120830239
Fatal
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 1 February 1998
89 m awayRef 1998120320223
Slight
Kawasaki EX crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 13 November 2024
91 m awayRef 2024122401220
Serious
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 16 August 1985
132 m awayRef 1985125241127
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,716 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2012120073555 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.