A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 February 2012 at 11:00 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 11:00 on Friday 17 February 2012. The 56-year-old male cyclist 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
- 17 Feb 2012
- Friday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00783, longitude -1.57793, in the HG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2SL 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
- 2012120107786
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6161
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2013.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 8 April 2013
2 m awayRef 2013120055341
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 3 July 1992
9 m awayRef 1992121850633
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 3 September 1982
9 m awayRef 198212B122282
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 4 July 1983
9 m awayRef 198312B078883
Serious
Toyota Urban Cruiser crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 25 July 2023
10 m awayRef 2023122300931
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 27 February 1981
13 m awayRef 198112B031081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
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
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2012120107786 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.